How Trump’s plan to import prescription drugs from Canada would work

Published August 6, 2019 6:56pm ET



President Trump wants to let Americans import prescription drugs from Canada, part of his agenda for lowering drug prices. He has eyed several measures to pursue the goal of lower prices, from mandating that drug companies list prices on TV ads (a policy halted by the courts), to tying drug prices in the U.S. to the prices of the same drugs in foreign countries.

The administration’s latest policy would be to enact a program to import drugs, primarily from Canada:

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