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Obama Plan Buckles Under Pharma Lobby; Plan to Import Low-Cost Medicines Derails

Published in MD Week, January 8th, 2010

On Dec. 15, the Obama Administration rejected a plan to allow the wholesale reimportation of cheaper prescriptions drugs from abroad, despite projected intentions to take on the drug industry and secure cheaper prescription for Americans.

"Americans are still paying up to 70 percent more for drugs than people in Canada, Australia, the UK, New Zealand and India," said Gary Ryan, general manager of Betterthanmedicare.com a Canadian-based alternative to Medicare - and high drug prices in general. "While the Obama Administration struck down the possibility that cheaper prescription meds can be brought into the U.S. on a wholesale basis,...

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Source: MD Week (2010-01-08)

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