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Article: Senior Citizens Cross the Border for Drugs.(Brief Article)
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- The Progressive
- Article date:
- February 1, 2000
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Great Falls, Montana
On November 19, forty senior citizens boarded a bus for Canada. They were heading north to buy drugs. Cheap drugs.
Across the border, seniors can purchase up to three months worth of their U.S.-made and packaged prescription medicines. In Canada, the drugs cost 20 to 50 percent less than in the United States. By crossing the border, these seniors saved $3,553.00 altogether on their medications.
The "Run for the Border" was organized by Montana Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Brian Schweitzer. The seniors were protesting what they call price-gouging by pharmaceutical companies.
Senior citizens are particularly ...