I can’t understand what the fuss is all about. Most healthcare companies require us (insureds) to purchase generics whenever possible, and most generics are made in other countries, often by foreign-owned companies. Many of our own US pharma companies farm out their manufacturing jobs to other countries (so the corporations can save money — as we US citizens are trying to do). Thus, the US people lose jobs and can’t afford healthcare and the EXPENSIVE medications that our pharmaceutical companies sell us. Then these same companies have the unmitigated gall/greed to extort favors from our government in the form of preventing our citizenry from purchasing cheaper medications elsewhere. (Whatever happened to good old competitiveness?)

If most of our drugs already come from other countries, why shouldn’t we be allowed to purchase directly from other countries, ourselves?

Perhaps our government should require all pharmaceutical corporations that sell in the US to have all of their products made by US citizens at US locations, using as many US resources as possible and operating in an environmentally friendly way. Then, maybe I’d consider their demands a tad more reasonable.

Oh, and the argument suggesting that drugs from Canada might be tainted doesn’t hold water because drugs manufactured in other countries by US corporations can be just as easily tainted. The consumer is always taking a risk, no matter what.