If you live in Ohio right now, you may not know much about the upcoming election, but you’ve seen commercials against Issue 2. In fact, you can’t escape commercials for Issue 2.
I rarely watch network TV, but the ads are all over Hulu. Facebook is targeting me as well.
This is because the pharmaceutical industry has spent $58 million to try to defeat Issue 2, which proposes that the state of Ohio buy prescription drugs at the same price as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
The reasoning behind Issue 2 is that the VA gets the lowest price.
It seems straightforward, yet I have questions about the issue. Especially because there seems to be so much propaganda. So I researched it and asked a couple folks on both sides of the issue. Here’s what I found.