Ohio GOP Bill Forces Hospitals To Prescribe Horse Paste

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports:

Senate Republicans on Wednesday passed legislation that would enable patients to force hospitals into administering drugs for off-label use if the hospital’s own physicians refuse.

The legislation comes after a COVID-19 pandemic when conservatives came to believe that drugs like hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin, neither of which have been proven to benefit COVID-19 patients, would cure, treat or prevent their infections. It also comes amid a resurgence in anti-vaccination attitudes within the Republican Party.

The bill’s backers include Ohio’s anti-vaccination advocates in the Ohio Advocates for Medical Freedom, the ivermectin-boosting Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance, and Cleveland Right to Life.

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The legislation comes after a COVID-19 pandemic when conservatives came to believe that drugs like hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin, neither of which have been proven to benefit COVID-19 patients, would cure, treat or prevent their infections. https://t.co/LqgTh0ho46

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