N.D. Senate committee hears proposals to lower prescription drug costs

BISMARCK -- The Senate Human Services Committee heard testimony on three bills aimed at getting North Dakota consumers access to lower prescription prices. “Most of us have never heard a good explanation of why the same drug a few miles across the border [in Canada] sells for 40%, 30% or sometimes even 20% of the price we pay in this country,” said Sen. Howard Anderson Jr., R-Turt...

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