Seniors Group Sues Drug Makers

 A Minnesota seniors group sued nine major pharmaceutical manufacturers on Wednesday, alleging the companies have conspired to keep U.S. medicine prices artificially high by blocking Canadian imports.

Peter Wyckoff, executive director of the Minnesota Senior Federation's metropolitan region office, said the lawsuit — which the organization hopes will be awarded class-action status — represents a new phase in the group's efforts to make it easier to import drugs at lower Canadian prices.

"We have three branches of government that can change things," he said. "This is the third."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/20/health/main618621.shtml

Why don't we at the DU make history and sue the Media for Racketeering?

This is good news! I am so glad the seniors have gone beyond lobbying and taken this to the courts.

tactics used to pass the prescription benefits bill... which prevents the govt from using its buying power to get better drug prices...