{"id":8535,"date":"2017-11-07T08:33:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T13:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8535"},"modified":"2017-11-07T08:33:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T13:33:03","slug":"ohios-drug-pricing-ballot-question-triggers-voter-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8535","title":{"rendered":"Ohio\u2019s Drug-Pricing Ballot Question Triggers Voter Confusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">COLUMBUS, Ohio \u2014 Lawmakers in the nation\u2019s capital have yet to grapple with rising drug costs, but Ohio voters are being asked \u2014\u00a0in a single ballot-box question next week \u2014 to figure out how best to lower the tab the state pays for prescriptions. <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/ohios-drug-pricing-ballot-question-triggers-voter-confusion\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=58159832&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Frr48jbm_raSSxrHGp-JkyXqj6NvSmIFNyBveAT_GIO6fM7xYKo07enZaF0-HsG0uDYoHwHsQELIcFGy8fEO9V-TjsQ&amp;_hsmi=58159832\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #333333; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit;\">Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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