By Steve Lawrence
The Associated Press
Thursday, May 27, 2004; 7:20 AM
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Responding to consumer complaints about the high cost
of prescription drugs, the state Assembly voted to create a Web site to
help Californians buy cheaper medications through Canadian pharmacies.
By a 48-17 vote Wednesday, lawmakers sent the Senate a bill by Assemblyman
Dario Frommer, D-Los Angeles, that would require the Department of Health
Services to set up the site by July 1, 2005.
It would require the Web site to include a comparison of prices charged in
California and Canada for the 50 most commonly prescribed brand-name
medications and to list links to Canadian pharmacies that meet requirements
designed to ensure the drugs they sell are safe.
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