Obama Helps Kill Cheaper Drug Imports

Sides with big pharma on proposal he backed as candidate, senator

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 16, 2009 8:58 AM CST

(Newser) – Proving once again that campaign promises are sturdy stuff, Barack Obama yesterday led the charge to kill a health care reform amendment that would have made it easier to import cheaper prescription drugs from places like Canada—even though he touted the idea in the... Read full story »

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Sides with big pharma on proposal he backed as candidate, senator

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