The Medicare Modernization Act (2003) allows states to enact their own drug importation laws. The Act specifies that such laws would only be valid if the federal government reviewed and approved a state’s proposal to import prescription drugs. Despite the length of time since the passage of the Act, no state has enacted such law
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Americans possibly will be able to purchase drugs from foreign pharmacies at lower prices
By Natalia Mazina on
Posted in Pharmacy Trends
The new administration has vowed to lower drug prices. The new importation bill maybe exactly the solution to that. The bill – pending in Congress – proposes to remove importation barriers and enable Americans to purchase foreign drugs. In 2003, we came pretty close to drug importation through the Medicare Modernization Act. The Secretary of…