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In reply to the discussion: Progressives Outraged Over Booker, Democrats Vote on Prescription Drugs From Canada - See more at: [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Before freaking out, that would be helpful.
Previous safeguards included in bills that wanted to make importation of drugs from Canada easier have included this language:
"In order to ensure the safety of participating individuals, the regulations would require that HHS approve the Canadian pharmacy, that the dispensing pharmacist be licensed in Canada, and that a licensed U.S. physician issue the prescription being filled."
That was language in a bill from 2015 that was co-authored by Amy Klobuchar, so we can be assure that the whiff of big pharma brimstone was not part of that....
http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/us-senators-want-drugs-imported-canada
And neither was Bernie, for that matter.
Just saying that the freak outs might be premature, and foaming at the mouth might not be called for simply because people didn't agree with Sanders.