Missouri voters earlier this week sided with the backer of a drug discount program that benefits red-state, rural, working-class voters but which has been taking fire from Big Pharma companies that want it nixed to improve their profits.
Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe beat the current Secretary of State and powerful Ashcroft family scion, Jay Ashcroft to win the GOP nomination for governor of the Show Me State.
The result reflects a variety of factors, including the fact that this was a three-way race, Ashcroft’s alleged fibbing about his professional status as an engineer, and his launching of an investigation into now-Sen. Josh Hawley, Ashcroft– the other “biggest name” contender called for outright “repeal[ing]” the 340B drug discount program that benefits many Missourians. While Kehoe did not take an explicit stance on the legislation, the Missouri Hospital Association—a…
