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It's a nit pick but those prices would always be a bit higher after the effort to import them and source them etc. Of course this will never happen. No politici

It's a nit pick but those prices would always be a bit higher after the effort to import them and source them etc. Of course this will never happen. No politician wants to have her name tied to the bill that allowed all those dangerous drugs into the country that killed kids. One mistaken import or a badly made counterfeit being imported would be a media frenzy.

chimeracoder 10y ago
> It's a nit pick but those prices would always be a bit higher after the effort to import them and source them etc. That's what I said: > The difference between the prices charged in the US and the prices charged in any other country could be no greater than the costs of reimporting the drugs from that country As for: > Of course this will never happen. No politician wants to have her name tied to the bill that allowed all those dangerous drugs into the country that killed kids. That's not true at all. The Senate voted on this exact proposal on Jan 17th (not for the first time). The measure failed, but only by a few votes[0]. > One mistaken import or a badly made counterfeit being imported would be a media frenzy. We're talking about importing drugs only from countries which recognize US patent laws, such as Canada. The risk of counterfeit drugs entering the supply from reimporting is no greater than the risk of counterfeit drugs entering the supply domestically in either US or Canada. Besides, this is already done for other drugs, just not prescription drugs that are on patent. [0] https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00020 https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_...