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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I would like to see a free-trade agreement dealing with medicine to reduce prices, such as from Canada, other countries.

This is asinine. SHould a poor person be able to get a need based scholarship to a University, then sell that scholarship to the highest bidder? Many American deugs are sold at discount prices to poorer countries (and socialist ones.) Those sales cover the incremental costs of making the drugs, but not the upfront costs of developing them. Should the US gov't ban the selling of any product to another country at less than the cost they are sold here?

In many cases, there is little or no cost for getting a drug approved in a country. (Compare that to the billion or so dollars it may cost here.) Should those countries pay higher prices to subsidize our American FDA?

2 posted on 08/04/2006 7:48:32 PM PDT by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some Freepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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3 posted on 08/04/2006 7:55:48 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (404 Page Error Found)
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To: Onelifetogive
Canada is a rich country and shouldn't be subsidized by Americans paying the full cost of R&D for drugs. The net result of allowing Americans to import drugs from Canada will be closer equalization of pricing between both markets.

If a country wishes to have an expensive FDA approval process such as we do in the United States, then of course our drugs will be more expensive and, supposedly, safer. If an American wants to take a calculated risk on using a cheaper import version (so long as it hasn't violated a patent, trademark and is properly labeled), we should be big enough boys and girls to make that decision without the nanny government looking over our shoulder.

4 posted on 08/04/2006 7:59:26 PM PDT by Vigilanteman
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Please note that hat statement was made by Monroe not Harris.


10 posted on 08/04/2006 9:29:48 PM PDT by JulieRNR21 (Freedom isn't Free.........Support Our Troops......Thank a Veteran Today)
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