Northerners can buy Canadian (short ride), What about the rest of America?

We recently read A survey from The Ayres, McHenry & Associates survey found among other things that:

• More than 39 million Medicare beneficiaries have coverage
• Seventy percent of Medicare Part D enrollees would recommend that others sign up for the new Medicare prescription drug benefit
• Two-thirds of enrollees think passing the Medicare prescription drug plan was a good idea
• Fifty-eight percent of enrollees say they are saving money with the new benefit

Looking at the survey results of the above figures we are still trying to read these totals, so it makes sense without the bias.

• 70% would recommend the new plan out of 39 million people, so 13 million people would not?
• 66% think the plan was a good idea, so 34% do not?
• 58% say they are saving money on the plan, so 42% do not?

Isn’t the idea to have a plan that would benefit ALL Medicare Recipients? It is common for surveys to show results in a biased view. When you only state the positive side (and it is nice the positive side is larger then the negative, we agree) you are slanting the facts, and the facts are this program is still far from reaching everyone it was supposed to reach.

The house and senate did in fact agree just days ago to allow American consumers to ride across the Canadian border to purchase their medications cheaper. That makes sense if you live in say, North Dakota or New York, but what about the person who lives in Texas or Florida, or somewhere in between?

House and senate members do agree that border seizures must end, and yet drag their feet to pass any law ensuring this measure. The majority of Canadian pharmacies receive their medications from the same manufacturers that American pharmacies do. When people have been ordering their medications from Canada for years, have had not even one documented problem with their medications, why make those who have no easy access to the Canadian border suffer? Their peers in the northern states are now able to drive across the border and receive their medications at a cheaper price. It only makes sense to allow those farther away to continue purchasing their medications from the same trusted and respected licensed online Canadian pharmacies they’ve dealt with for years.

Continue to hope. And write your Congressmen today!

First District Congressman Gil Gutknecht has long supported a free market for prescription drugs, favored allowing Canadian imports and has complained to the FDA about the practice of seizing Canadian drugs. He should now use his seniority in the Republican Party to make sure this provision gets through the conference committee, dominated by his party. Let’s encourage him with a few letters shall we? (As well as other members of Congress)

It’s just the right thing to do.

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