Report On Feasibility Of Employees And Retirees Safely And Effectively
Purchasing Prescription Drugs From Canadian Pharmacies.
This analysis addresses the feasibility of enabling participants
in the State of Illinois’ employee
and retiree health benefit programs to purchase a specified
set of prescription medications from
Canadian vendors. The central issue of this analysis is whether
State employees and retirees can
obtain safe and effective prescription medications at lower
overall cost by purchasing from
Canadian pharmacies.
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The Governor announces Illinois is submitting a formal request to U.S. Health and Human Services Sec. Tommy Thompson asking to launch the first federally-approved drug importation pilot program.
U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel from Chicago has been leading
the fight in Congress to pass legislation allowing pharmacists,
wholesalers and consumers to buy FDA-approved medications from
other industrialized countries.