One of the fiercest battles yet over high drug prices is playing out in Ohio, where an approaching ballot referendum on price caps has unleashed tens of millions of dollars of television advertising and sharp rhetoric on both sides of the issue. The Nov. 7 ballot measure would require state government entities, including the Medicaid health-insurance program for low-income people, to pay no more for prescription drugs than what the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs pays for veterans. Under federal law, the VA buys drugs...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 01, 2017 10:52 UTC