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Legal Substantiation for International Prescription Providers (IPP's)
Is this prescription importation legal? The regulators and legislators have been intentionally vague on the subject. I am not an attorney and will simply use links to give readers an overview of legislation, points of law and precedents. Seniors living in the United States along the Canadian border have sourced their scripts from Canada for years. Brokers and human resource managers should consult their attorneys regarding their individual situations.
Joe Morris is the attorney for a leading PIM. Mr. Morris was Assistant Attorney General under President Reagan and a lead negotiator for the United States with NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. His opinion is that pharmaceutical importation, on an individual basis and with a legitimate prescription, is protected by NAFTA. The FDA has not disagreed. Mr. Morris, interestingly, has recently served as Hearing Officer in Rham Emmanuel's residency hearing regarding his eligibility to run for mayor of Chicago.
An April 2004 statement by William Hubbard, Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning for the FDA is here. These statements were prepared for the Senate Committee on Finance, subcommittee on Health Care and International Trade.
The Council of State Governments issued a report, Prescription Drug Importation, in 2004, in response to inquiries from state and local governments.
WebMD researched the subject in an article The Letter (and Spirit) of Drug Import Laws.
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National Association of Health Underwriters
www.nahu.org
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors
www.naifa.org
Association of Health Insurance Advisors
www.ahia.net
America’s Health Insurance Plans
www.ahip.org
National Association of Professsional Enrollment Services
www.insurance broadcasting.com
Society for Human Resource Management
www.shrm.org
Mass Marketing Insurance Institute
www.mi2.org
Society of Financial Service Professionals
www.financial pro.org
Certified Employee Benefits Specialist
www.cebs.org
World at Work
www.worldatwork.org
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