Kansas helps to import drugs from Canada, Europe (joins 3 other states)

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TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) - Kansas is joining three other U.S. states in a program aimed at helping residents import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada and Europe, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday.

The program, started by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in October, works through a Canada-based clearing house to connect consumers to more than 60 pharmacies and wholesalers in Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The program promises savings of up to 50 per cent on about 100 prescription drugs.

"We must make health care and life-sustaining prescription drugs more affordable for seniors and hardworking Kansans," Sebelius said in a statement.

Wisconsin and Missouri also are participating in the I-SaveRx program, which is designed for people who don't have prescription drug coverage.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2004/11/30/743709-ap.html

[VegasWolf]

1. Wait till a blue state tries this. n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. I thought Illinois was 'blue' (n/t)

[Lefty48197]

3. Kansas is a red state. They should enjoy paying inflated drug prices

what do they hate America or something?