Drug Prices in the US vs. Canada – The Big Pharma Political Connection of Corporatist Democrats

Guest Post by Jesse

This is a slide used by Bernie Sanders when he proposed making drug imports from Canada to the US legal.

The proposal was voted down in the Senate 52-46, with a few key Democrats helping overturn Bernie’s proposed legislation.

Among those voting against it was the recipient of big pharma campaign contributions Democratic rising star Cory Booker.

Booker used the Big Pharma talking point that ‘the bill did not include provisions requiring the protections of the FDA.’

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