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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: 5, Touché) by RamiK on Tuesday August 13 2019, @11:41AM (7 children)
And use the money to build a wall. A glorious, beautiful, long and high wall. To keep those dirty, ill-mannered, uneducated, diseased, thieving and raping eh, #insert Canadian derogatory term for US citizens#, south the border.
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(Score: 2) by Username on Tuesday August 13 2019, @12:11PM
Really high. High enough to keep those roving polar vortices penned up, I tell you what.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday August 13 2019, @12:22PM (3 children)
It's "Upper Mexicans."
You're welcome.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday August 13 2019, @01:31PM
Neat. That means I can wear a sombrero fishing and take afternoon naps and nobody can bitch at me for cultural appropriation.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday August 13 2019, @03:30PM (1 child)
So I can eat some Taco Bellyache without feeling guilty.
The Centauri traded Earth jump gate technology in exchange for our superior hair mousse formulas.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday August 14 2019, @03:12AM
No, you should still feel plenty guilty if you're around other human beings afterwards. Or get a good laugh. You know, one or the other.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @12:44PM
Great comment! Came here to say something similar but doubt it would have been as succinct. As an American, I feel my country could benefit from your juxtaposition.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday August 13 2019, @12:50PM
You are 3 years late [www.cbc.ca] with that idea.
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