Government
Funding for reimportation gets budget committee's nod
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted March 28, 2005
The Senate Committee on Budget recently approved with a voice vote a resolution to put aside funds in case the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions moves forward on legislation to allow the importation of prescription drugs. The budget committee doesn't have jurisdiction over policy, but its move suggests that the Senate is making room for drug importation in the budget on the chance that a reimportation measure passes this year.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2005/03/28/gvbf0328.htm.