Drug cost issue gathers enough signatures to appear on ballot

The backers of a proposal to limit the amount the state pays for drugs for Medicaid, prisons and other state programs have won their fight to bring the plan to next year’s ballot. Secretary of State Jon Husted’s office has certified the petitions turned in by Ohioans for Fair Drug Prices, the group pushing the proposal that Ohio pay no more for drugs than the federal Department of Veterans Affairs does. In mid September, the group turned in more than 120,000 valid signatures gathered after a previous round of signatures was rejected.