So is the proposal to buy all the ethical drugs from countries other than the US. "Gut" the US patent laws, that's the effect of buying all the stuff from over the border. Wonder what the effects of THAT might be?
I confess I am not up to speed on that; I happened by the hearing on CSPAN yesterday just in time to hear our senator from Alaska <?> telling Joe Liebermann that today wasn't the day to DECIDE what the liability coverage was going to be, that today was the day we needed to set the process in motion and worry about the liability details later.
The Democrats aren't willing to even CONSIDER starting the manufacturing until they have their lawyer friends taken care of!