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Demsrule86

(68,576 posts) Tue Nov 7, 2017, 01:19 PM Nov 2017

Vote NO on issue 2 in Ohio...it is written by rich ass pharmacy guy to swindle people. [View all]

It will make some drugs unavailable to folks on Medicaid and Medicare...as well as the ACA...it will increase the price of drugs tremendously for those with work insurance or some other form of private insurance.

Also...VOTE THE D, VOTE THE D, VOTE THE D, VOTE THE D, as if your life depends on it because it does.

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Vote NO on issue 2 in Ohio...it is written by rich ass pharmacy guy to swindle people. [View all] Demsrule86 Nov 2017 OP

Would it hurt to explain WHICH State is voting on Issue 2? brooklynite Nov 2017 #1

Ohio...realized I left it out so put it in. Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #3

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders Urges Ohioans to Vote Yes on Issue 2 NCTraveler Nov 2017 #2

He is wrong...Sanders should mind his own business....doesn't know Ohio politics... Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #4

Thank you for such a thorough reply. Very helpful considering I am admittedly uneducated... NCTraveler Nov 2017 #5

To be fair different folks say different things about this bill ... but I don't like Weinstein who Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #9

The pharmaceutical industry themselves have paid for the no ads listed above. Trust Buster Nov 2017 #6

No he is wrong...this will make drugs unavailable. Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #7

How is forcing the state to match the VA discount going to make drugs unavailable? phleshdef Nov 2017 #12

The pharmacy will pull drugs rather than sell them at a hugely discounted price...this is one state Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #13

Thats right wing voodoo economics style thinking. phleshdef Nov 2017 #15

Of course they will to discourage other states from doing the same thing...or they Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #21

I don't buy that thinking. Thats giving into corporate power. phleshdef Nov 2017 #24

This only helps the government...they get the discount...no one else. Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #31

We don't know what the VA pays first of all... Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #23

Once and for all, we do have a good idea what the VA pays. phleshdef Nov 2017 #26

It is a poorly written and designed bill written by a California guy...who runs an Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #8

I see you fully buy into to the pharmaceuticals narrative on Issue 2. Sorry to see that. Trust Buster Nov 2017 #28

I trust Bernie more than Bantamfancier Nov 2017 #10

Hopefully, you are in the minority ...this is a poorly written bill and impossible to implement Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #14

I'm a liberal in rural Ohio. Bantamfancier Nov 2017 #17

Sure...Bernie endorsed...that is a great reason...oh wait he is a Senator in Vermont...do they have Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #19

I'm in Ohio and you are buying big pharma bullshit. phleshdef Nov 2017 #11

I will vote no... Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #16

We know for a fact that the VA gets a 24% discount on just about everything. phleshdef Nov 2017 #18

That is untrue...we do not know that. They don't release the figures. Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author phleshdef Nov 2017 #25

They release the vast majority of the figures. phleshdef Nov 2017 #27

This only covers what the government buys...who do you suppose will pay higher prices? Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #29

You claim to multiple times that we don't know the numbers phleshdef Nov 2017 #33

Well issue 2 did not pass for the reasons I mentioned...it only covered the govenrment buys leaving Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #34

Yes...VOTE NO! titaniumsalute Nov 2017 #22

Thank you absolutely correct, and I did vote no. Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #30

This is exactly what my landlord told me. Doremus Nov 2017 #32

It is a bad bill that won't work...I would like such a bill that include everyone. Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #35

Oligarchs fought tooth and nail against this bill. What they are against, I support. Doremus Nov 2017 #36