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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @11:38AM (9 children)
The people thinking free healthcare will magically fix it?
(Score: 5, Informative) by MostCynical on Tuesday August 13 2019, @12:14PM (7 children)
Regulated markets with free/subsidised health care works in several other countries.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2, Disagree) by curunir_wolf on Tuesday August 13 2019, @01:08PM (6 children)
I am a crackpot
(Score: 5, Touché) by MostCynical on Tuesday August 13 2019, @01:20PM (5 children)
Get sick, get treatment, not be in debt when discharged from hospital?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 3, Touché) by Immerman on Tuesday August 13 2019, @01:32PM (3 children)
But who's rolling in the cash? Hugely flawed system.
(Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Tuesday August 13 2019, @09:15PM (2 children)
As opposed to get sick, get treatment, go bankrupt or alternately, get sick, can't afford treatment, die?
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(Score: 2) by Immerman on Wednesday August 14 2019, @01:55PM (1 child)
I guess my sarcasm wasn't loud enough. Allow me to increase it:
That are you talking about? That never happens to executives or anyone else in the investor class.
(Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Thursday August 15 2019, @10:37PM
Yeah, I missed the sarcasm, my detector was taking a break. If that's the worst I do this week, I'll call it a win.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @01:41PM
"treatment"
(Score: 2) by ilsa on Tuesday August 13 2019, @07:31PM
Well done intentionally misrepresenting the entire concept in order to make a strawman argument.
It's not "free" healthcare. It's paid for in taxes. But it's regulated by a central gov't agency that works to prevent the different vendors from taking advantage of a captive market.