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Presidential Debate on Prescription Drug Prices Isn’t Stopping the RxExpress

October 14, 2004 · Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">CTV - News Canada</p> <p>More than two dozen seniors and patients arrived in Toronto Wednesday night aboard a chartered train that picked up passengers from across the U.S. as it made its way north from Miami, Florida.</p>

U.S. Seniors Aboard the Rx Express Save 60% on Prescriptions in Canada

October 14, 2004 · Consumer Watchdog

<h3>U.S. President Bush and Senator Kerry Urged to Endorse Rx Bulk Purchasing</h3>

U.S. seniors ride ‘Rx Express’ to Toronto to buy lower-cost prescriptions

October 13, 2004 · Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Canadian Press (CP)</p> <p>More than two dozen U.S. seniors and patients rolled into Toronto Wednesday night aboard the Rx Express a chartered train on a whistle-stop tour to buy lower-cost Canadian prescription drugs.</p>

Transplanted Canadian heads home for medicine

October 13, 2004 · Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Toronto Star</p> <p>The unusual train trip, organized by the non-partisan Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, is an election-year ploy designed to draw attention to the exploding cost of medicine in the Untied States.</p>

Pill-smuggling grannies

October 12, 2004 · Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Toronto Star</p> <p>The aim of the RxExpress is to pressure both Republican and Democratic leaders in Washington to adopt a Canadian-style system of buying drugs, that is, buying in bulk to negotiate better prices for U.S. citizens.</p>

Rx Express to Take Seniors & Patients to Canada to Buy Lower Cost Prescription Drugs;

October 11, 2004 · Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Bush & Kerry Urged to Support Prescription Drug Bulk Purchasing</h3>

Manatee woman to ride drug train;

October 9, 2004 · Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Seniors, disabled people climb aboard to buy cheaper prescription drugs in Canada</h3><p class="source">Bradenton Herald</p> <p>Their trip should net big savings: Passengers on the first Rx Express trip, which ran from San Diego to Vancouver in August, saved passengers an average of $2,000 each on their annual prescription drug bills, FTCR said.</p>

Big “A” Catching Up To Dubya In Drug Money;

September 30, 2004 · Consumer Watchdog

<h3>No Other Pol Raising As Much As Arnold</h3>

FTCR’s Analysis of Florida Amendment 3 on Nov. ’04 Ballot

September 29, 2004 · Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Proposal Would Restrict Rights of Injured Patients</h3> <p>FTCR concludes that Amendment 3 will (1) dramatically interfere with the right of injured patients in Florida to hire a lawyer to protect them; (2) encourage reckless and dangerous conduct by health care providers; (3) not lower the price of medical malpr</p>

Fairness for Injured Patients