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US Lawmakers Reject Canada Drug Purchases
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October 21, 2011 "AFP" -- The US Senate Thursday rejected a measure that would have enabled Americans to buy prescription drugs in Canada in a bid to reduce the costs of their health care.
The measure, an amendment to a spending bill, was defeated by a vote of 45 to 55.
It would have barred the US Food and Drug Administration from spending money to stop people importing prescription drugs from Canada that comply with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act -- which very few Canadian drugs do.
Even Canadian drugs with identical chemical makeup to US drugs do not technically comply with the law, because the FDA does not inspect Canadian manufacturing plants or approve their labeling.
Republican Senator David Vitter, who introduced the measure, has tried and failed on several occasions to gain passage of similar measures, with the question of the importation of drugs from Canada a perennial hot-button issue.
US lobbying groups linked to the pharmaceutical industry had vehemently opposed to the measure.
In a statement Wednesday, the National Association of Drug Store Chains said it opposed the "personal importation" of drugs by Americans.
"NACDS shares your goal of reducing the cost of prescription drugs," it said in a letter to Vitter. "However, we do not believe that consumer safety can be ensured under a prescription drug reimportation system."
Who Do These Guys Work For?
October 21, 2011 "AFP" -- The US Senate Thursday rejected a measure that would have enabled Americans to buy prescription drugs in Canada in a bid to reduce the costs of their health care.
The measure, an amendment to a spending bill, was defeated by a vote of 45 to 55.
It would have barred the US Food and Drug Administration from spending money to stop people importing prescription drugs from Canada that comply with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act -- which very few Canadian drugs do.
Even Canadian drugs with identical chemical makeup to US drugs do not technically comply with the law, because the FDA does not inspect Canadian manufacturing plants or approve their labeling.
Republican Senator David Vitter, who introduced the measure, has tried and failed on several occasions to gain passage of similar measures, with the question of the importation of drugs from Canada a perennial hot-button issue.
US lobbying groups linked to the pharmaceutical industry had vehemently opposed to the measure.
In a statement Wednesday, the National Association of Drug Store Chains said it opposed the "personal importation" of drugs by Americans.
"NACDS shares your goal of reducing the cost of prescription drugs," it said in a letter to Vitter. "However, we do not believe that consumer safety can be ensured under a prescription drug reimportation system."
Yeah, well so much for shrinking government in our lives. Lets take care of the unborn, when they are born, starve em out. I thought they was selling the snake oil that government was our enemy?
Control, Power, Greed
Control, Power, Greed
They will serve their master the richest of the rich, god forbid they lose money. To hell with the rest of us.
Control, Power, Greed
Control, Power, Greed
They will serve their master the richest of the rich, god forbid they lose money. To hell with the rest of us.
The Greed, I am used to. It’s the Roll Play Reversal of the Repubs and Dems that have my mind boggled.
Lol, I promise we use the same drugs as you guys and aren't doing anything to them. Clearly this is what it appears to be...saving big pharma from financial losses. We get the same illness', use the same drugs, but we don't have the funny laws around generic brands of them, so therefor not as high a drug cost. Why would they stand in the way of letting you get the exact same thing for cheaper? So come inspect...seems a bit of waste of money, I mean, it's not like we are some third world country. We have as high a standards as the US. So obviously, as usual, it's about the $$ and the backing of the pharma companies.
Ok, I’m at a loss here or maybe I’m reading this wrong.
I see David Vitter, a Republican Senator from Louisiana, an Adulterer caught in a Prostitution Sting (like we don’t have enough to be embarrassed about down here), acting like a Democrat. He is fighting big Business and A Democratic Senate, acting like Republicans by rejecting cheaper Health Care for Americans.
I’m I reading this correct?
I see David Vitter, a Republican Senator from Louisiana, an Adulterer caught in a Prostitution Sting (like we don’t have enough to be embarrassed about down here), acting like a Democrat. He is fighting big Business and A Democratic Senate, acting like Republicans by rejecting cheaper Health Care for Americans.
I’m I reading this correct?
Uhm, seems like our government is getting in its own way here. It now wants to inspect Canadian drug manufacturing outfits, and or disallow Americans the right to lesser costs pertaining to health care....
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