Bill Would Make State Import Discount Drugs from Canada

Bill Would Make State Import Discount Drugs (Source: Portland Press Herald)

From the article:

(Rep. James) Campbell, who serves on the legislative committee that is considering the bill, said Monday he is trying to help Mainers who are too poor or too badly disabled to take one of the well-publicized bus trips to Canada that senior citizens have been making in recent years to save money on their medications.

"I was wondering what happens to the seniors who can't get out of the house or can't afford the trip," Campbell told the committee. Poor Mainers should not have to choose between paying the rent and buying medications, said state Rep. Timothy Driscoll...