Bitter pill poppers cut costs

The US has the highest prices for medicines in the world, so
five American states have decided to import them from Australia. The governors
of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, and Wisconsin, Jim Doyle, announced the plan
because they feared that US drug companies could cut off access to cheaper drugs
from Canada.

By Mark Coultan
July 20, 2005

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