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Congress
should legalize importation of drugs from Canada
to ensure
Americans’ safety and access to low-cost medications
Robert
M. Hayes, president of the MedicareRightsCenter, a national consumer group, made
the following statement regarding the importation of drugs from Canada:
“Many
Americans are finding they don’t need to forgo their costly, life-saving
prescription drugs, if they buy them from Canada, where there is a 40 percent
savings. It’s time for
Congress to legalize what has become a solution for countless people with
Medicare and the uninsured, who are desperate to get the medications their
doctors prescribe but can’t afford them because they have no drug
coverage.Given that the
Congressional Research Service found that Canada’s regulation of drugs mirrors
that of the U.S., the next question is: who is
Congress trying to protect, drug companies or Americans?
For
information on Canadian drug importation, F.A.I.R.
Medicare: Importation of Prescription Drugs from Canada, a new MedicareRightsCenter policy brief, can be obtained at
http://www.medicarerights.org/fairmedicare.html.