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Florida Is First State Allowed to Import Prescription Drugs From Canada (www.wsj.com)

submitted 2 years ago by GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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Some personal editorializing: This is a pretty remarkable first because of how captive we Americans are to pharma prices. Famously, when Medicare Part D was brought into existence by law it restricted the federal government from negotiating Part D drug prices. To me, shopping for drugs in Canada is tackling the symptom and ignores the cause. I wonder if this gets more traction with more states how it might affect drug prices in Canada, too.

The real solution to all this, of course, would be nationalize the healthcare industry in all aspects and to create a single payer healthcare system.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hmm! Why would prescription drugs be cheaper in Canada? What could possibly be the difference between America and its northern neighbor, they're both equally advanced and developed. Something just makes their drugs cheaper. Weird! 🫠

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It must be because Canada is part of the commonwealth 😏. If we had King Charles on our money who knows what great things might start happening.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I literally at least once a year lament the shortsightedness of the ultra-libertarians who founded the country. Imagine what we could have had as part of the Commonwealth over centuries!