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Free trip to Canada for seniors; drug purchase necessary

September 18, 2004  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina)</p> <p>Starting Oct. 11, the nonpartisan Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights will hitch two private rail cars to the back of an Amtrak train in Miami. The caravan will wind its way up the eastern seaboard, picking up folks along the way.</p>

Schwarzenegger Should Heed National Survey – 1/3 of Americans Plan to Purchase Rx From Other Countries

September 15, 2004  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Four Bills on Gov's Desk Today Allow Rx Importation and Bulk Purchasing</h3>

Capitol resistant to reforms;

September 13, 2004  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Lawmakers have derailed or defeated nearly every bill aimed to alter status quo in the Legislature.</h3><p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p> <p>Jamie Court, president of the nonprofit Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, characterized lawmakers' performance as business as usual. "Legislators feel they're above the law because they write it," Court said.</p>

The $600,000 Man

September 9, 2004  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<font face="verdana,sans-serif" size="2">You might remember Lee Majors as the $6 million man, but Governor Schwarzenegger brought in six figures of his own at a fundraiser in Bakersfield last night, reportedly bringing in more than...</font>

True Lies and Soviet Tanks

September 3, 2004  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<font face="verdana,sans-serif" size="2">Arnold had historians scratching their heads on Tuesday night when he recalled the Soviet tanks rolling through the socialist Austria of his youth. See, there weren't Soviet tanks in the British...</font>

Schwarzenegger back on the job;

September 3, 2004  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>SOME BILLS AFFECT CONVENTION HOSTS</h3><p class="source">San Jose Mercury News (California)</p> <p>Abbott Laboratories and Pfizer both donated money for convention parties with Schwarzenegger, who has raised $340,000 from the pharmaceutical industry since taking office, according to an analysis by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights.</p>

Absentee lawmakers made big difference

September 3, 2004  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">San Gabriel Valley Tribune (California)</p> <p>Consumer group FTCR, which released and promoted the study of legislators not voting, argued that legislators should suffer consequences, including docked pay, for failing to vote.</p>

Stores light way for Canadian prices on drugs

August 30, 2004  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Oregonian</p> <p>the nonprofit Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights reserved two cars on an Amtrak train that stopped in Portland en route to Vancouver, B.C., in search of lower-cost drugs. The train, dubbed the Rx Express, generated widespread buzz -- and sympathy</p>

Perata — effective wheeler-dealer;

August 27, 2004  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Senator stirs strong feelings from all sides</h3><p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>Consumer advocates have challenged Perata during his legislative career, accusing him of carrying bills for special interests that contributed big bucks to his campaigns. Perata always denied the charges.</p>

U.S. seniors’ drug train rolls into Vancouver;

August 26, 2004  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Activists highlight need for cheaper drugs in the U.S.</h3><p class="source">The Vancouver Province (British Columbia)</p> <p>Elderly U.S. activists intent on saving up to 60 per cent on the cost of prescription drugs brought a key issue in the U.S. presidential election to Vancouver yesterday as they arrived to fill prescriptions written in the United States.</p>

‘Drug Train’ Takes Americans to Canada

August 26, 2004  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>About two dozen Americans who chartered a two-car train for a four-day whistlestop trip from San Diego to Vancouver to buy medication and bring pressure on the U.S. government to negotiate with manufacturers for lower prices, as is done in Canada.</p>

AMERICANS ARRIVE BY TRAIN TO LOAD UP ON ‘SOUVENIR’ DRUGS;

August 26, 2004  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>RX EXPRESS VISIT PART OF U.S. PROTEST</h3><p class="source">The Brockville Recorder & Times (Ontario)</p> <p>Seniors groups estimate about 11 million older Americans - roughly one-third of the total - do without drug coverage and more than a quarter of Americans with disabilities lack coverage.</p>