Drug Price Relief or Deceptive Rx? Ohio’s Issue 2 Divides Opinion

By Breanna Beers The November 7 Ohio general election is approaching, and few ballot items have incited as much controversy as Ohio Issue 2. Commonly referred to as the Drug Price Relief Act -- or the Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue, depending on the speaker -- this bill would mandate that no state-run agency could spend more on prescription drugs than the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which receives a federally mandated 24 percent discount. Proponents of this bill hope to reduce the ...