US
Customs and The Food and Drug Administration will no longer be
confiscating any packages as of Monday, October 9th. This
is in no small part to the pressure applied on US politicians by the
dedicated customers of MediSave.ca.
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US
Customs seized over 40,000 packages of imported drugs starting November
17th, 2005, two days after the start of enrollment for
Medicare's new prescription drug program. Democrats in Congress and many
seniors suspected that this was done to scare the US seniors and resulting
in them signing up for coverage with the new Medicare Plan D program and
paying higher prices for drugs from local U.S pharmacies. Regardless of
what many seniors and Democrats think,
U.S.
officials said that they were confiscating Canadian packages out of
concerns about the safety of U.S consumers.
Seniors
complained that they were failing to receive needed medications, and
members of Congress who favor the importation of cheap drugs for senior
constituents criticized the agency for failing to adequately warn people
of the crackdown.
According
to Nelson and The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the FDA will not
confiscate any small drug shipments, up to a 90 day supply, for
individuals. The FDA will only focus on large shipments of drugs
that are likely being imported for illegal purposes.
As
Senate Bill Nelson said, "It's a great victory, particularly for the
senior citizens who are having difficulty making financial ends meet in a
time in which, sadly, some senior citizens have to make a decision between
buying their prescription drugs and buying their groceries."