Lawmakers move forward on plan to import drugs from Canada

Sen. Claire Ayer, D-Addison. Photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerA plan to set up a state drug wholesaler that will import drugs from Canada in a bid to reduce prescription drug prices in Vermont was sent to the House on Wednesday after being approved by the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.
The lawmakers who drafted the bill, S.175, are touting bipartisan support in Vermont, however a bigger hurdle to the scheme — which would be without precedent in the United States — will be gettin