Sunday, October 26, 2003

Wash Post. on state purchase and use of drugs outside the U.S. Posted here Sunday, October 26, 2003 at 8:28:23 PM     this is the kind of large scale pressure that "rationalizes" The economy by taking out costs but that means jobs and further pressure on state income. The governor of Illinois, intensifying his battle with Bush administration regulators over rising drug bills, will release an analysis today showing that his state could save $91 million a year by buying prescription medications from Canada. Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) hopes the figures will put added pressure l on the administration and on Congress to loosen regulations that prohibit importing medicine from other countries. He is among several state and local leaders whose budgets must accommodate soaring pharmaceutical costs. ********