Associated Press 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…
RX EXPRESS VISIT PART OF U.S. PROTESTThe Brockville Recorder & Times (Ontario) Seniors groups estimate about 11 million older Americans - roughly one-third of the total - do without drug coverage and more than a…
The Vancouver Sun (British Columbia, Canada) The Santa Monica-based FTCR has spent $25,000 to charter part of an Amtrak train to bring seniors and other patients to Vancouver to buy cheap prescription drugs in a…
Two Portlanders are taking the Canada-bound train trip calling attention to the power of bulk purchasingThe Oregonian "Why do you get better prices at Costco? It's bulk purchasing," said Jamie Court, foundation president and chief…
Group wants state OK to buy cheaper Canadian medications.Sacramento Bee California is one of at least 25 states weighing legislation that would allow Canadian drug imports, and Los Angeles and San Francisco are among scores…
The Davis Enterprise Passengers on the Rx Express hope to draw attention to high drug prices in the United States and add to the increasing call for the government to be permitted to negotiate a…
Seniors head for Canada in search of better drug pricesThe San Francisco Chronicle "The point is, nobody should have to travel to Canada to get affordable drugs," said Doug Heller, executive director of the Foundation…
Event will spotlight two groups' differing cost-cutting solutionsPortland Tribune The Rx Express started off as a simple enough idea: Send a group of senior citizens up to Canada to save money on their prescription drugs,…
Train touts cheaper prescription drugsVentura County Star The Rx Express was on its way to Vancouver, B.C., where the 25 or so riders, all age 50 and older, hope to have their prescriptions filled at…
The Toronto Star The Rx Express was arranged and paid for by a taxpayers' group, which wants the government to be allowed to negotiate a national bulk-purchasing program for pharmaceuticals to reduce their cost to…
