Bipartisan Senate bill would allow drug imports

Bipartisan Senate bill would allow drug imports
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic and Republican senators, among them former opponents of importing drugs from abroad, introduced legislation Wednesday to permit prescription drug imports from Canada.
The bill is one of several in Congress that address the topic, a reflection of growing election-year discontent with rising drug prices.

The White House and Republican leaders in Congress have raised safety concerns in opposing allowing Americans to fill their prescriptions in Canada, where prices are lower by a third or more on many brand-name drugs.

The legislation introduced Wednesday is backed by Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Trent Lott of Mississippi and Olympia Snowe of Maine. Democratic sponsors include Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota
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more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-04-21-imported-drugs_x.htm

That sorry bastard!