From HeraldStarOnline:

A group of Ohio doctors has filed a federal lawsuit against state restrictions on campaign contributions by physicians who treat Medicaid patients.

A provision in a 1978 state law bars the doctors from contributing to candidates for state attorney general or county prosecutor — officials who prosecute Medicaid fraud. The lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Cleveland says the provision is too restrictive and violates the doctors’ First Amendment rights.

The provision says no candidate for attorney general or county prosecutor or their campaign committees can knowingly accept contributions from “providers of services or goods under contract with the Department of Job and Family Services pursuant to the Medicare program.” A violation would be a first-degree misdemeanor.

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