Mike DeWine: “The hospitals ask us to do [raise hospital franchise fees].”

“I think we take it the way it is today. Everybody knows that anything can be changed that can be changed. So, you know, again, this is something that The hospitals ask us to do [raise hospital franchise fees]. What we're asking the hospitals, frankly, is to reach more underserved areas. We're asking them to reach out to our rural areas of the state that, that are not covered as well as, frankly, they should be covered.” (41:16–41:22)

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