– You’ve probablyheard a good deal about Issue 2, the Drug Price Relief Act. – The adherents andopponents are filling the airwaves with ads. – All of these ads are about this. It’s just two clauses. I’m Marlene Harris-Taylorfrom ideastream and I’m here to break it down. We all adoration get a reject. Well the VA US VeteranAffairs Department gets a large discount on prescription drugs. The VA, which buys a lot ofpills from medicine firms, gets a discount of upto 25% on some narcotics. So why can’t state governments, like Ohio, get the same discount? That’s what the peoplebehind Issue 2 are asking. Ohio buys prescription drugsfor various mood agencies and Medicaid is the largest. Right now Medicaid, whichprovides health insurance for millions in Ohio, spendsbillions of dollars for drugs every year. Issue 2 would allow Ohio topay the same price for doses as the VA. This would lash tolls. And prescription drug rates would go down.Even if you don’t getyour medical care through these regime agencies, boosters say you will still benefit. They say Issue 2 will saveall Ohio taxpayers money. Around 400 million dollarsa year and that money could go back to the state coffers. So this is a no brainer right? It’s not that simple. Here’s the other side of the legend. It’s impossible to predictwhat the pharmaceutical fellowships will do if Issue 2 is approved. If they’re forced to slashprices for the regime they may increase tolls for everyone else. Harmonizing to the groupsopposed to the ballot issue, almost every medical association in Ohio, and various pharmaceuticalcompanies, oppose Issue 2. Experts likewise am telling the drugcompanies will likely sue. And it says it right here on the ballot, that if they litigate the state has to pay the bill to defend Issue 2. So there’s a lot of noiseout there about Issue 2 but now you know what it’s about.
