Booker & ALL Democrats Voted For WYDEN Amendment. Sanders Bill Didn't Do Enough

Klobuchar’s unbinding amendment to the non-binding Congressional budget resolution, would have done nothing to assure that US citizens could purchase cheaper drugs from Canada. A separate bill would be required for that to happen.

Wyden’s amendment, on the other hand, had it passed, would have prevented any healthcare initiative that did not lower drug prices as part of the initiative from being passed in the Senate without a 60 vote majority. It would have actually accomplished something by making it harder for the repeal of the ACA to happen, and also would have made it much more likely that any initiative would have had to actually lower drug prices IN THIS COUNTRY in order to pass.

All Democrats voted for Wyden’s amendment. Some Democrats were concerned about the safety issue with online drug purchases from Canada. There are also other possible problems with the effort to allow Americans to buy Canadian drugs. Will it negatively effect the supply of drugs in Canada, which has a much smaller population than the US? While Canada has price controls on drugs sold in Canada, would that prohibit Canadian pharmacies from selling drugs to US citizens above those prices. My guess would be not. They could sell for whatever the market would bear in the US, unrestricted by the law in regards to the price for Canadian sales. Thus any bill could potentially have a safety issue due to online sales, plus possibly negatively impact the supply of drugs to Canadians while not producing a significant savings for Americans.

Wyden’s amendment would have tackled the issue of high drug prices in the US, rather than attempting to bypass the problem by allowing Canadian imports. So why are people attacking Senate Dems for disagreements with the Klobuchar amendment when they were unanimous in supporting the Wyden amendment which was much more important and tackled the problem head on? I really wish people would do the research for themselves instead of just blindly believing the latest phony outrage, regardless of who is promoting it.