
Earlier this month, the state of Florida (population: 21 million) passed a law that seeks to enable the importation of drugs from Canada (population: 37 million). The goal is to carve out some way for Florida residents to take advantage of the lower drug prices that Canadian citizens enjoy. Canada is a “single payer” healthcare country, except for prescription drugs, which are not covered by the Canadian universal public health insurance system. The reason some drugs are cheaper in Canada than they are here in the US is because the government is allowed to negotiate with drug companies to set pricing for their citizens. But in the US, Congress has specifically denied that option for itself, except for Medicare.
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