Thursday, January 20, 2005
Sebelius to Canada: We need your drugs
[Associated Press, "Sebelius, other governors ask Canada not to ban prescription drug sales," The Lawrence Journal-World, 20 January 2005.]
Governor Sebelius has to be disappointed. Just after she announces her decision to join I-Save Rx and open the borders of Kansas to imported drugs, Canadian officials threaten to close theirs. It's unclear exactly what a handful of U.S. governors can offer a country facing the possibility of having its own supply curtailed, but Sebelius and others are going to give it a go anyhow:
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and five other state governors will try to convince Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin not to choke off cross-border sales of prescription drugs.
Sebelius and the governors of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Utah, North Dakota and Maine sent Martin a letter Wednesday asking for a face-to-face meeting in Ottawa.
Martin's government has been considering restrictions that would shut down Internet drug sales to U.S. customers seeking cheaper medications. It's an industry with sales of about $700 million last year.
Canadian Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh has repeatedly outlined his concerns that "Canada can not be the drugstore to the United States." He fears the cross-border trade could cause drug shortages in Canada and threaten the country's regulated pricing system.
[Matthew Hisrich, "Sebelius Is Practicing Black-Market Politics," The Wichita Eagle, 10 December 2004.]
[Associated Press, "Sebelius, other governors ask Canada not to ban prescription drug sales," The Lawrence Journal-World, 20 January 2005.]
Governor Sebelius has to be disappointed. Just after she announces her decision to join I-Save Rx and open the borders of Kansas to imported drugs, Canadian officials threaten to close theirs. It's unclear exactly what a handful of U.S. governors can offer a country facing the possibility of having its own supply curtailed, but Sebelius and others are going to give it a go anyhow:
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and five other state governors will try to convince Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin not to choke off cross-border sales of prescription drugs.
Sebelius and the governors of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Utah, North Dakota and Maine sent Martin a letter Wednesday asking for a face-to-face meeting in Ottawa.
Martin's government has been considering restrictions that would shut down Internet drug sales to U.S. customers seeking cheaper medications. It's an industry with sales of about $700 million last year.
Canadian Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh has repeatedly outlined his concerns that "Canada can not be the drugstore to the United States." He fears the cross-border trade could cause drug shortages in Canada and threaten the country's regulated pricing system.
[Matthew Hisrich, "Sebelius Is Practicing Black-Market Politics," The Wichita Eagle, 10 December 2004.]
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