Klobuchar, Grassley team up on Canada drug legislation

Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota are reintroducing the Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act, a bipartisan bill that would allow Americans to safely import prescription drugs from Canada – lowering costs, increasing access and strengthening competition in the pharmaceutical market.

Said Grassley in a press release: “Congress must take an all-of-the-above approach to lowering the price of prescription drugs. Our commonsense, bipartisan bill would provide Americans increased access to safe, affordable prescription drugs available in Canada, while boosting much-needed competition in the pharmaceutical industry."

Said Klobuchar: “Americans pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. Our bipartisan legislation would save Americans money by allowing them to import their medications from pharmacies in Canada. Brand-name prescription drugs that we invent here in America cost more than twice as much in the United States as in Canada. Americans deserve better. Building on my legislation to allow Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug costs, I will continue to work to increase competition in the pharmaceutical market so Americans no longer get ripped off by Big Pharma.”