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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday August 13 2019, @10:25AM   Printer-friendly
from the don't-do-drugs-eh dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Canadians are in a kerfuffle over the Trump administration's preliminary plan to allow Americans to import lower-cost prescription medications from Canada.

The plan was announced July 31 and is part of the administration's long-sought effort to drag down the US's skyrocketing drug prices. But it's a long way from being a reality. Even if the plan does pan out, it will likely be years before regulators review, approve, and scale up efforts to import drugs.

Still, Canadians are infuriated by the idea and already brainstorming ways to toss it down the garburator, according to a report by health-news outlet STAT. Many fear that American importation would exacerbate current drug shortages in Canada.

"You are coming as Americans to poach our drug supply, and I don't have any polite words for that," Amir Attaran of the University of Ottawa told STAT. Prof. Attaran went on to refer to the plan as "deplorable" and "atrociously unethical." "Our drugs are not for you, period."

[...] On Monday, August 12, Canada's Minister of Health Ginette Petitpas Taylor was set to meet with pharmacists, patients, and industry officials to discuss a response to the US plan, according to STAT. Petitpas Taylor has pledged to "ensure there are no adverse effects to the supply or cost of prescription drugs in Canada."

In order to protect Canadians, some advocates and policy experts suggested that Canada could begin controlling the export of pharmaceuticals, pass new laws simply banning exporting drugs meant for Canadians, or impose new tariffs.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @06:10PM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @06:10PM (#879767)

    You're right, I should have specified corporate fascism. Basically any system that allows power to be concentrated into the hands of a few goes fascist. End game capitalism is characterized by monopolizing corporations and that massive power imbalance allows those same corporations to buy out politics.

    To make these comparisons even more fun check out http://freedom-school.com/elkhorn3.html [freedom-school.com]

    It is our national shame to have been so complicit in the Nazi agenda, even if it was all hush-hush. Only when the US was attacked did we decide to step in, and we've been lording our late efforts over everyone else ever since.

    I doubt you'll agree but the US is about 95% of the way through the transition to corporate fascism. We have a president actively behaving like a dictator, but thankfully he sucks at it and most of the US population is outraged so it doesn't get too very far. This isn't just another "Trump sucks" cheap shot, if you're honest with yourselves you will stop playing it all off as "just a trolling prank bro."

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @06:56PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @06:56PM (#879784)

    You doubt I agree the US is 95% there, and we *now* have a president acting like a dictator? Just now?

    It is like you took 1/3 of the red pill and haven't figured out what is going on yet. It is better to take no red pill at all than do that, because you are going to end up begging the same fascists for more abuse.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @08:42PM (5 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @08:42PM (#879819)

      I was being generous and not trying to rock your worldview, but seems we're mostly on the same page. No other president has been nearly as dictatorial as Trump, though Bush/Cheney ramped it up and Obama really pushed the limits with droning US citizens. Bush and Obama were bad enough to make Hitler jokes about, Trump is going literal Hitler. Pretty important line being crossed, though it is good to point out the progression.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @09:06PM (4 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @09:06PM (#879829)

        If you think Trump is any worse than the last 5 you are delusional.

        • (Score: 4, Touché) by Pslytely Psycho on Tuesday August 13 2019, @09:09PM (3 children)

          by Pslytely Psycho (1218) on Tuesday August 13 2019, @09:09PM (#879830)

          Your correct, he's not worse than the last 5, he's worse than the last 44.

          --
          Alex Jones lawyer inspires new TV series: CSI Moron Division.
          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @09:30PM (2 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @09:30PM (#879833)

            No, he isnt. If anything things have proceeded slightly slower under him. The biggest deal under his admin so far has been fasab 56, which is really just a formalization of the status quo. Go back to begging for the fascist government your supposedly fear to take over responsibility for your health.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @10:01PM (1 child)

              by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @10:01PM (#879844)

              Ah, a MAGA idiot it seems. Or maybe just a regular idiot? Matters not if you're that deluded by cynicism and whatever else.

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @11:01PM

                by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @11:01PM (#879873)

                Ah someone who didnt even know what fasab 56 is until now.