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9. So it sounds like 'distribution', right? That's ...
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 11:02 AM
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... not a real good idea.

I thought the info I discovered about the actual legal landscape, re: the language in the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 and the non-implementation of the personal importation provision was interesting and depressing. I'm going to guess that the main reasons this part of a LAW ... which is on the books ... has not been instituted by any HHS Secretaries (D or R) are: "the logistical challenges of implementation (laziness), and opposition from the pharmaceutical industry.(lobbyists)" ... especially the latter. I don't imagine RFK is going to be any better - likely worse. I have my fingers crossed that the FDA policy of non-enforcement for personal importation continues. There are a lot of us out here who depend on it. I'm relatively lucky - I'm only on one $600+/mo drug. A large percentage of ppl my age are on multiple such drugs.

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