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Article: Consumers join Governor in calling for drug purchasing pools.(Health Care)(Arnold Schwarzenegger, drug purchasing pool)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- January 17, 2005
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LAST year, when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a prescription drug purchasing pool as an alternative to helping Californians buy Lipitor and other drugs in Canada, he was derided for caving in to the drug industry.
How times have changed.
Consumer advocates are now pushing for those very same purchasing pools in Los Angeles and statewide, especially since it looks like the Canadian government may crack down on U.S. residents buying drugs in Canada.
"The whole idea of using Canadian sources is rapidly drying up," acknowledged Jerry Flanagan, a health advocate with the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights who helped organize a "drug ...