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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
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