2017 Ohio Issue 2

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Issue 2
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November 7, 2017 (2017-11-07)
Ohio Drug Price Relief Act
Results
Choice
Votes %
File:Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes 483,983 20.85%
File:Light brown x.svg No 1,837,608 79.15%
Total votes 2,321,591 100.00%

The Ohio Drug Price Relief Act was a ballot initiative in Ohio that would have made the state pay no higher of a price for prescription drugs than the lowest price that the United States Department of Veterans Affairs pays for them.[1] It was voted on November 7, 2017, as Issue 2 on the ballot.[2] The act was originally going to be voted on in November 2016, but the measure did not receive enough signatures. It was mostly funded by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation,[3] the same organization that backed California Proposition 61.[4] Supporters of the act said that it would lower drug prices and help save the state money, while opposers said that it was unworkable.[2]

The initiative did not pass, failing by an almost 4 to 1 margin.[5]

Results

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Issue 2[6]
Choice Votes %
Referendum failed No 1,837,608 79.15
Yes 483,983 20.85
Total votes 2,321,591 100.00

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