CBP Halts All Personal Prescription Imports on October 22
CBP suspends all personal prescription importation Oct 22
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will suspend all personal prescription importation starting October 22, according to the Campaign for Personal Prescription Importation. The advocacy group, which supports buying medications from licensed Canadian pharmacies with a 100% safety record, urges Americans to contact Congress and share their stories to protect access to affordable drugs.
You'll support Americans' rights to keep saving money by buying less expensive prescription drugs from licensed Canadian pharmacies that have a 100% safety record.
- kimos
This is actually tragic.
I worked for an online pharmacy in Canada for many years, and it’s fraught and full of grey areas for sure. But so so many Americans count on importing generics to afford their medication. You’re talking several times the price difference for the same pills, life changing amounts of money for older people on fixed incomes with health problems. They will simply not be able to access their medication anymore.
- bayarearefugee
goes into effect 12 days before a midterm election that is already starting to look like a blue tsunami.
It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for 'em.
- Perenti
The hoops you poor Americans have to jump through to get affordable health care is ridiculous in what is presented as a developed nation.
- happyopossum
There's nothing in the CBP rule that prohibits importing prescriptions, although there will no longer be a duty exemption for them. The rule is about suspending the 'de minimis' exemption for shipments valued under $800...
- dashmeet
Now is a good time to mention:
costplusdrugs.com
I have no affiliation. If anyone wants a domestic alternative to low cost pharmaceuticals this is a good one. Also sometimes GoodRx is worth checking out. Don’t hesitate to ask a pharmacist for a discount if you’re not using insurance. Sometimes that is the best price.
- mikeweiss
Canadian pharmacies are duct tape for Americas broken health care system. If we rip the tape off first without a fix we're gonna be in trouble.
- jacobgold
I know very little about this topic, but maybe this ultimately helps force a real solution to our prescription drug cost problem?
- gigel82
This was the case for at least a year. I used to use AliExpress for affordable small electronics, and when this came into effect, it killed the whole thing (and my hobby, because no way I'm paying the Amazon or eBay tax).