The filing dates for reports were as follows: [46]. To read Ballotpedia's methodology for covering ballot measure campaign finance information, click here. If you are aware of any other editorials in support of Issue 2, please email it to editor ballotpedia. According to Matt Borges, a consultant for the Issue 2 support campaign, polling in late October showed 42 percent of respondents in favor of the measure and 46 percent opposed. Ballotpedia does not have access to the details of the poll and, thus, cannot include it in the table below.
Californians voted on Proposition 61 on November 8, The measure was defeated. Department of Veterans Affairs pays for prescription drugs. The measure would have only applied to the purchasing of drugs by state agencies and not to purchases made by individuals.
Issue 2 was similar to Proposition Professor Rachel E. Sachs of the Washington University in St. The major difference between the two initiatives was that California Proposition 61 would have exempted from price regulation drugs purchased or procured under Medi-Cal Medicaid managed care programs.
Ohio Issue 2 does not exempt from price regulation drugs purchased or procured under Ohio Medicaid managed care programs. Medicaid managed care programs are insurance companies or networks of healthcare providers that contract with Medicaid to provide care for Medicaid recipients.
People who use Medicaid managed care programs must sign up for plans to receive services. For , Express Scripts Lab ESL , a branch of the nation's largest prescription-drug benefits administrator Express Scripts, calculated a fixed market baskets for the top 80 percent of utilized prescription drugs.
In , ESL evaluated the value of each fixed market basket to determine whether the basket's value changed. This analysis was continued each year through The Brand Prescription Price Index increased The Generic Prescription Price Index decreased Therefore, the data indicates that brand-name prescription drug prices increased and generic prescription drug prices decreased between and As of , Ballotpedia identified three published analyses addressing Ohio Issue 2.
Mehlman wrote, "Drug prices in the U. The only hope of controlling drug prices is public action like the act. VHCA and HMA noted that the initiative would likely fail to achieve its desired goal of reducing drug prices to levels the VA pays for the following reasons: [72]. According to the report, requiring the state to negotiate drug prices down to levels secured by the VA may result in state agencies losing rebate arrangements and access to some drugs.
If multiple states pass similar laws, then manufacturers may be hesitant to negotiate additional discounts with the VA.
The OBM's report concluded that " He stated, "Issue 2 is simplistic, unworkable and built on a flawed foundation. It therefore can't and won't achieve anything remotely close to the wild savings estimates touted by Issue 2 proponents. Further, Issue 2 could very well increase costs for a majority of Ohio consumers, while reducing access to needed medicines for some of our most vulnerable citizens.
As an indirect initiated state statute , sponsors of the initiative needed to collect two installments of signatures that together equaled six percent of the votes cast for governor in the most recent election. The previous gubernatorial election was in , and 3,, citizens came out to vote. Therefore, each installment needed was 91,, which totaled , Ohio also requires initiative sponsors to submit 1, signatures with the initial petition application.
The overall total number of valid signatures that sponsors of the initiative needed to collect was , The Ohio attorney general's office received supporters' petition with 1, signatures on July 22, , and certified the petition on August 3, The Ohio Ballot Board approved the initiative for circulation on August 13, Supporters said that they could not collect the 91, signatures by the July deadline for the November ballot.
Ohioans for Drug Price Relief , invalidated 10, signatures among those submitted in December , giving the campaign the option to resubmit its initiative to the Ohio General Assembly. Secretary of State Jon Husted R verified , second-round signatures on September 30, , and ordered the initiative to appear on the general election ballot.
The petition that supporters of Issue 2 used to collect signatures contained the following description of the initiative: [1]. The Act would enact Section Department of Veterans Affairs. Among other provisions, the Act also:. On December 30, , a law firm representing the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America PhRMA sent a letter to the secretary of state's office that alleged there were several issues with the petitions Ohioans for Fair Drug Prices had submitted.
Although county boards of elections across Ohio had certified the petitions, Secretary of State Jon Husted sent the petitions back for a second review, versus sending the measure to the Ohio General Assembly in the next step of the initiative process.
Ohioans for Fair Drug Prices, which later changed its name to Ohio Taxpayers for Lower Drug Prices, filed a lawsuit with the Ohio Supreme Court against Husted on January 6, , claiming he was actively trying to keep the measure from reaching the ballot. AIDS Healthcare Foundation President and member of the campaign Michael Weinstein said he was concerned the review process would take too long and prevent the measure from being certified in time for the November ballot.
The secretary of state's office said the second review was to ensure the integrity of the initiative process. Initiative proponents filed a second challenge against Husted in federal court on January 14, , and the case was assigned to U.
District Judge Michael Watson. Don McTigue, a Columbus attorney hired to represent initiative advocates, said, "As a matter of law, Secretary Husted cannot simply decide to send the petitions back to the county boards to be rechecked and not transmit the proposed law on to the Assembly.
On February 4, , Husted certified the measure and sent it to lawmakers in the next step of the initiative process.
He had sent all , signatures collected back to county boards of elections for a second review and more than 35, signatures were deemed invalid. However, petitioners still had 96, valid signatures and the measure moved on to the next step of the process.
Attorney Kurt Tunnell said:. The Supreme Court assigned retired appeals judge Patrick McGrath to review motions and conduct hearings on evidence. The 10, signatures were invalidated because were collected by circulators who listed non-permanent residences as addresses where they could be reached and 9, were overcounts. Proponents had the option to collect additional signatures, restarting the process and sending the initiative back to the legislature again in Judge Paul Pfeifer was the lone dissenter in the decision.
He wrote:. Individuals associated with Ohioans for Fair Drug Prices filed litigation against Secretary of State Husted on August 17, , alleging that he unlawfully invalidated signatures earlier in the year. Ohioans for Drug Price Relief. However, the court, in that case, determined that tossing petitions because they contain signatures crossed out by someone other than the circulator or signer was an improper action.
Plaintiffs asked the Supreme Court to recover such petitions thrown out in December by the secretary of state and county boards of elections. Secretary of State Jon Husted was ordered to count 20, signatures that were invalidated in December It was also determined that if enough second-round signatures were verified, then the initiative would appear on the November 7, , ballot. On September 30, , Secretary of State Jon Husted validated , second-round signatures, about 28, more than were required.
He said the initiative would appear on the next general election ballot, which was on November 7, Ballotpedia identified counties that voted for Donald Trump R in after voting for Barack Obama D in and Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than , votes.
Of these counties, nine are located in Ohio, accounting for 4. In , Ballotpedia re-examined the Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. An initiative similar to California Proposition 61 and Ohio Issue 2 was filed in South Dakota targeting the ballot.
Another similar initiative targeting the November ballot was filed in Washington, D. The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Ohio Issue 2 Drug Price Initiative These results are automatically generated from Google.
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Click here to contact us for media inquiries, and please donate here to support our continued expansion. Share this page Follow Ballotpedia. What's on your ballot? Jump to: navigation , search. Chapter Drug Price Relief Section B Findings and Declarations. The People of the State of Ohio hereby find and declare all of the following: 1 Prescription drug costs have been, and continue to be, one of the greatest drivers of rising health care costs in Ohio.
C Purposes and Intent. The People of the State of Ohio hereby declare the following purposes and intent in enacting this Act: 1 To enable the State of Ohio to pay the same prices for prescription drugs as the prices paid by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, thus rectifying the imbalance among government payers.
D Drug Pricing. E Liberal Construction. This Act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose. F Severability. G Legal Defense.
Bernie Sanders I-Vermont [19] Sen. Cecil Thomas D-9 [20] Rep. Bill Patmon D [20] Rep. Sets forth factors in determining "net cost. Provide that the Act shall liberally construed to effectuate its purpose. Provide that if any provision of the Act is held to be invalid, the remaining provisions shall remain in effect. Provide that if the Act is challenged in court, it shall be defended by the Attorney General.
Declare that the committee of individuals responsible for circulation of the petition "the proponents" have a direct and personal stake in defending the Act and any one or more of them may do so in court if challenged.
Provide that the proponents shall be indemnified by the state for their reasonable attorney's fees and expenses in defending against a legal challenge to the Act. Provide that in the event that the Act and another law are adopted by the voters at the same election and contain conflicting provisions and the Act received less votes, the non-conflicting provisions of the Act shall take effect. Require the General Assembly to enact any additional laws and the Governor to take any additional actions required to promptly implement the Act.
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