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© 2019 AFPTrump administration outlines plan to import drugs from Canada
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cla68
President Trump is continuing to get great things done to help working-class Americans.
bass4funk
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?
bass4funk
Ok, so as usual nothing, not surprised.
SuperLib
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?
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?
SuperLib
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."
Strangerland
The medicine companies will probably just jack up the rates to match those in the US.
Kag
I thought Trump is all about protecting US production. So how does this actually work?
lostrune2
So that's an admission Canada drug health system is better - why not just pass the same laws