Drug import bill takes a big step forward, but many more ahead

Bill Lippert, D-Hinesburg, introduces a drug import bill to the House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDigger
A bill that would seek to lower prices of some widely used drugs by importing them Canada received nearly unanimous support in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.S.175 will now be sent back to Senate to approve some relatively minor changes to the bill that passed unanimously in that chamber, before heading to the governor, whose position on the