{"id":8718,"date":"2017-11-24T05:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8718"},"modified":"2017-11-22T10:37:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T15:37:56","slug":"why-its-hard-to-control-drug-prices-at-the-ballot-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8718","title":{"rendered":"Why It\u2019s Hard to Control Drug Prices at the Ballot Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Michael Ollove for Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts)<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #636363; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Whitney SSm A', 'Whitney SSm B', 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Arial, Helvetica, Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; margin-top: 0px; word-spacing: -1px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Just 9 percent of Americans think pharmaceutical companies put patients\u2019 interests above their own profits, according to a Harris poll published earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #636363; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Whitney SSm A', 'Whitney SSm B', 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Arial, Helvetica, Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; margin-top: 0px; word-spacing: -1px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theharrispoll.com\/health-and-life\/Pharma-Biotech-Patients-Over-Profits.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">That dismal finding<\/a>, which mirrors other recent polling, would seem to have boded well for a ballot initiative in Ohio intended to limit the amount the state pays drugmakers for prescription medicines. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/research-and-analysis\/blogs\/stateline\/2017\/11\/22\/why-its-hard-to-control-drug-prices-at-the-ballot-box?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=58703834&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--s8U2YZaBDSZqqOHmbtqE55TFki_T5r_9F89U22bKyJ8FSmR40anTfk4ru_0poO7xg0GEEldutITkQl_AicwBBRm9BEg&amp;_hsmi=58703834\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #636363; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Whitney SSm A', 'Whitney SSm B', 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Arial, Helvetica, Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; margin-top: 0px; word-spacing: -1px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Pew-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3900\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Pew-Logo-300x43.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"43\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Pew-Logo-300x43.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Pew-Logo.png 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. 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