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Imported drugs plan fails: The Senate defeats an effort that would have allowed Americans to purchase prescription drugs from abroad. In a triumph for the pharmaceutical industry, the Senate on Monday killed a drive to allow consumers to buy prescription drugs from abroad at a significant savings over domestic prices. On a 49-40 vote, the Senate required the Food and Drug Administration to certify the safety and effectiveness of imported drugs before they can be imported, a requirement that officials have said they cannot meet.

Visit HeraldNet to read the rest of the article. But it seems to be if Seniors still have extremely high drug prices and a huge donut hole in which they are not covered for those drugs then they will need some alternative medicine. So maybe it's time to push Representative Hinchey to bring back his Federal Acupuncture Act again so that Medicare will provide for people instead of just pharmaceutical companies.