Vermont lawmakers look to Canada for cheaper drugs

Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., spoke by phone Thursday with the Health and Welfare Committee of the Vermont Senate. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger
State lawmakers want to allow Vermont to import prescription drugs from Canada, in response to what some of them describe as predatory pricing by the U.S. pharmaceutical industry, but legislators say they’ll need all the help they can get if they’re to successfully oppose drug companies and their powerful friends.
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