Feingold Continues Work to Make Affordable Imported Drugs Available to Seniors
Posted at 23:14:23 on April 21, 2004
Senator Russ Feingold's office put out a release (read full release here) regarding a bill dealing with the importation of drugs from Canada:
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) today joined a bipartisan effort supporting legislation to allow the importation of prescription drugs from Canada. The bill, authored by Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and supported by Feingold and Republican Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME), among others, would also gradually phase in the importation of affordable drugs from FDA-approved facilities in the European Union, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Switzerland over a 24-month period.
"One of the major flaws of the new Medicare prescription drug bill is the restriction on importation of cheaper medicines from other countries," Feingold said. "This bipartisan legislation creates a competitive marketplace so that Americans can purchase FDA-approved drugs at the much lower prices available in other countries."
- Trae
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