title: Casting votes on healthcare. Midterm election referendums bring big money, potential impact on healthcare-mostly with anti-smoking proposals.
abstract: While there are plenty of healthcare-related issues on this year's midterm ballots, Joy Johnson Wilson, left, of the National Conference of State Legislatures, says there were many more that failed to make it. "The cost has gone up to get something on the ballot, and you need an organization to push those measures," she says.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D053595:Embryonic Stem Cells; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008119:Lobbying; D011057:Politics; D012106:Research; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States