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Prescription for disaster.(Prescription drug plans laws)
ITEM: "Some of America's elderly are snubbing Medicare's new prescription drug benefit, saying they still get better deals buying their medicine through Canadian pharmacies," according to an account published in the Charlotte Observer on March 1. "Even though the practice is illegal, seniors say it allows them to stretch their drug budget further. Prescriptions often cost 30 percent to 50 percent less there than in the United States because the Canadian government limits what drug-makers can charge."
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