The Medicare Modernization Act passed by Congress in 2003, contained a provision that would permit the importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. if the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) certified that drugs imported from Canada posed no additional risk to public health and safety and that such imports provided significant cost savings to American consumers. H.H.S. released the results of its study of these issues on December 21, 2004.
Key Findings of the H.H.S. Study on Importation
HHS Task Force Report on Prescription Drug Importation, Accessed December 21, 2004. http://www.hhs.gov/importtaskforce/Report12-20.pdf
