According to a Reuters story tonight, the Obama administration will continue to press for safe prescription drug reimportation -- offering the prospect of lower drug prices to American consumers -- just not as a part of this year's health care reform package. I can live with that:
. . . .The White House pledged on Sunday to move forward on allowing imports of safe prescription drugs from nations like Canada where they are less expensive, but not in the healthcare reform legislation now before Congress.
The pharmaceutical industry's powerful Washington lobbying group backs the healthcare reform legislation that is President Barack Obama's top legislative priority, but its important support for that effort could evaporate if drug imports are included [in that package]. . . .
Excellently maneuvered, indeed.
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