Propositions 78 and 79 were rejected by voters in the November 2005 election.
Californians preparing for the upcoming Special Election are faced with a recurring challenge: how to distinguish between competing initiatives that appear very similar despite being sponsored by political adversaries?
This time around, the two seemingly indistinguishable measures, propositions 78 and 79, offer very different approaches to the same problem: how best to provide discounts for low-income Californians who buy their prescriptions retail.
We asked three voters to become California Connected reporters for a week and take a much closer look at these competing measures. Their assignment: to find out what we all should know in order to understand the differences between these two initiatives.
- Joint Hearing on Propositions 78 and 79: Prescription Drug Discount Initiatives, California State Legislature, transcript (PDF)
- Prop. 78 :: CC Guide to the Ballot Guides, California Connected
- Prop. 79 :: CC Guide to the Ballot Guides, California Connected
- Background: Similarities & Differences between the Two Competing Prescription Drug Discount Initiatives, Propositions 78 & 79, HealthVote.org