Should the state of California create a new prescription drug discount program for residents at or below 400 percent of the federal poverty level, and change state law to make it illegal to engage in profiteering from the sale of prescription drugs?
Provides drug discounts to Californians with qualifying
incomes. Funded by state-negotiated drug manufacturer
rebates. Prohibits Medi-Cal contracts with manufacturers
not providing Medicaid best price.
State
costs for administration and outreach in low tens of
millions of dollars annually. State costs for advance
funding for rebates. Unknown potentially significant:
(1) net costs or savings for Medi-Cal and (2) savings for
state and county health programs.
- A YES vote on this measure means:
- A new state drug
discount program would be
created to reduce the costs
that certain residents of the
state, including persons in
families with an income at
or below 400 percent of the
federal poverty level, would
pay for prescription drugs
purchased at pharmacies.
The new program would
be linked to Medi-Cal for
the purpose of obtaining
rebates on drugs.
- A NO vote on this measure means:
- The state would not
expand its drug discount
program beyond an
existing state program that
assists elderly and disabled
persons on Medicare.
- Summary of Arguments FOR Proposition 79:
- Prop. 79 provides
ENFORCEABLE discounts
on prescription drugs for
millions of Californians.
Prop. 79 provides DEEPER
DISCOUNTS TO MORE
PEOPLE than the drug
industry's "voluntary" Prop. 78.
Prop. 79 saves taxpayers money
by reducing prescription drug
costs. JOIN CONSUMER,
HEALTH, AND SENIOR
CITIZEN ADVOCATES and
VOTE YES on Prop. 79.
Full Text of Argument In Favor,
Rebuttal
- Summary of Arguments AGAINST Proposition 79:
- Proposition 79 can't deliver
what it promises. It's based
on a failed program from
Maine that never took
effect. Prop. 79 won't receive
federal approval because
it threatens poor patients'
access to needed drugs.
Proposition 79 creates a big
government bureaucracy
costing millions. Worse, trial
lawyers can file thousands
of frivolous lawsuits.
http://www.calrxnow.org
Full Text of Argument Against,
Rebuttal
- Contact FOR Proposition 79:
- Anthony Wright
Health Access California
414 13th Street, Suite 450
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 873-8787
awright@health-access.org
http://www.VoteYesOnProp79.com
- Contact AGAINST Proposition 79:
- Californians Against
the Wrong Prescription
1415 L Street, Suite 1250
Sacramento, CA 95814
info@calrxnow.org
http://www.calrxnow.org
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Fail:
2,940,106 /
39.3% Yes votes ......
4,541,256 /
60.7% No votes