Should the prices of medicines be lowered?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This vote was about whether to lower the prices of medicines in Switzerland. The proposal aimed to make medications more affordable for the public. However, it was ultimately rejected by voters.
VoteWorld wording adapted from a Swiss federal vote. Seed votes are official Swiss results for the original linked proposal, not votes cast on this adapted wording.
AI model: gpt-4o-mini

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/475.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-volksinitiativen?voteNumber=475
Vote date: 2001-03-04
Original Swissvotes English title: Initiative «für tiefere Arzneimittelpreise»
Original German title: Initiative «für tiefere Arzneimittelpreise»
Swissvotes short-description title: Die Initiative für einen Generika-Zwang erzielt einen Achtungserfolg
Original French title: Initiative «pour des médicaments à moindre prix»
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/28121
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=de#c=indicator&i;=vp20010304.prop_oui_475_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=fr#c=indicator&i;=vp20010304.prop_oui_475_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-initiatives-populaires?voteNumber=475