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Change only happen when the pressure is on. Allowing importation of Canadian drugs would put amazing pressure on the US sellers, even if some were counterfeit. The latter problem is solvable, at least through legitimate channels.
Insulin is now $35/month in the US because the IRA changed the law to cap the price for Medicare. Suddenly, big pharma saw a threat and now insulin is $35/month for nearly everyone, including people on regular insurance. The goverment took related action, and the phara companies read the tea leaves and suddenly dropped prices. The law going into effect and the "voluntary" price drop happened the exact same day for a reason.
Bernie didnt expect "get drugs from Canada" to be the end game. Of course he also wanted to regulate big pharma. He just understands how to apply pressure.
Regulation and price caps are much better than unregulated drugs getting pumped into the market.
It was an incredibly dumb idea and anyone who knew anything about regulatory markets and pharmaceutical drug importation pointed out that it was a terrible plan.
You're really trying to cover for Bernie too much. When it comes to a number of topics, he isn't actually that smart and doesn't know how the law or governmental systems work. He's been called out for that going back decades and he just uses his big sound bites about the big banks and big pharma to distract from him not actually having any of the actual specifics on how to enact things, just the big plan to do so somehow.
Yeah, regulations and price caps are the correct end game. When exactly did Cory Booker get those done? I must have missed his "big pharma price cap plan" going into action. Can you link the law that he passed? Funny how he only brought up the finish line and did nothing to actually get us there.
Meanwhile, Bernie proposed a "next step" that would have made it clear to all Americans how badly we are being ripped off, which would have, get this, applied politcal pressure to pass price caps and regulation. Almost like building up politcal capital take time, effort and something to focus on.
You think Bernie would have voted agasint regulating big pharma? Fuck no. Man has been calling for them to be regulated since before Booker was even a senator.
I dont need to carry water for Bernie. Man's been carrying his own water and then some for decades. The rest of his peers and the country at large still havent caught up.
Yeah, those Canadians have no drug regulations at all, definitely not more regulation than the US. I was on a trip to Canada and needed tylenol when I opened inside was just poutine. So I got more sick, eventually needed a blood transfusion, in the IV bag was maple syrup. I became diabetic from unregulated Canadian health care, thank goodness for the well regulated American system I was paying $340 for insulin like a patriot until those commie bastards changed the price to $35. So now I mail a cheque for $300 to big Pharma everytime I buy a dose to keep the market free!
The drugs are regulated.
Read the article.