{"id":4990,"date":"2016-11-10T09:03:48","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T14:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4990"},"modified":"2016-11-10T09:03:48","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T14:03:48","slug":"ballot-initiatives-voters-reject-calif-drug-pricing-measure-colo-single-payer-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4990","title":{"rendered":"Ballot Initiatives: Voters Reject Calif. Drug Pricing Measure; Colo. Single-Payer System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a tumultuous presidential campaign, with the outcome billed as a \u201cchange\u201d election and health care high on the to-do list. On the state level, voters\u2019 decisions on a slew of state ballot initiatives add this focus with action on a range of hot-button health care issues \u2014\u00a0from efforts to control drug costs and expand access to care to a variety of public health measures. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/calif-voters-reject-high-profile-drug-pricing-measure\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=37381060&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9PkH35VNOf4DTRHbfb1RhdMpW5QhvEVaxMScQnyUygof9MWAOhSOADR3sIndQQutjL6mSg8obeq6U7AN4NrDoTmjNzRQ&amp;_hsmi=37381060\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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