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Trump administration outlines plan to import drugs from Canada

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By DANIEL SORABJI

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President Trump is continuing to get great things done to help working-class Americans.

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Yeah those farmers are doing great coal mines are opening everywhere steel factories are being built Trump-care is awesome...and unicorns are flying around pooping out gold nuggets..

Ok, so the Democrat solution is...

continue under the previous status quo? Allow China to continue to completely put farmers out of business? Democrats taking care of steel workers and coal minors? Generations of families in these professions. Gee, how?

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Yeah you would have to go ask one....

Ok, so as usual nothing, not surprised.

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I really can't say I understand the situation since I haven't really researched it.

Are these drugs not made or sold in the US? Or is the problem that the price is too high so now we're going to make a plan to import the same product from another country with a reduced price?

Under the second pathway, the FDA would work with manufacturers seeking to import into the U.S. versions of those drugs they sell in foreign countries, "potentially allowing them to offer a lower price than what their current distribution contracts require."

Can someone explain this to me? Are these foreign companies importing "US versions" of their own drugs, or are these American pharmaceuticals being imported back into America through a different distribution channel that drastically lowers the price?

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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/31/trump-outlines-plan-to-allow-the-us-to-import-cheaper-drugs-from-canada.html

Damn. Looks like pretty much everyone in government is teaming up on this. Bipartisan bills. Support from both Trump and Bernie. Could this be one time where the system works?

And to answer some of my own questions:

"Under the plan, states, wholesalers and pharmacists, acting as intermediaries for consumers, would draft a proposal for safe importation of prescription drugs already available in the U.S."

"The plan would also provide guidance to manufactures who seek to import into the U.S. versions of drugs they sell in foreign countries."

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The medicine companies will probably just jack up the rates to match those in the US.

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I thought Trump is all about protecting US production. So how does this actually work?

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So that's an admission Canada drug health system is better - why not just pass the same laws

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