As the Gongwer News Service($) reports:

A group of health care stakeholders appointed by Gov. Ted Strickland has generally agreed that the state should require Ohioans purchase health insurance and subsidize low-income individuals who can't afford it...

However, for an individual mandate to be feasible, members generally believe there should also be a guaranteed issuance of coverage, [Department of Insurance Chief Policy Officer Doug Anderson] said....

These are probably going to be the recommendations of a 42-member stakeholder group convened by Ohio's governor. This includes insurers, employers, and others who you would think would see the flaws in this approach.

Essentially Ohio is trying to replicate Massachusetts even though the Massachusetts Plan is far from living up to expectations, either on its fiscal side or its coverage side.

This push for health care reform is motivated by the number of Ohio's uninsured. But this effort will merely make insurance more unaffordable for some and increase its cost for the rest. Ohio should be considering market-based reforms, but it seems that perspective has been left off the Governor's task force.