PITTSFORD, N.Y. — The government delayed a ban on prescription medications from Canada after receiving more than 110,000 letters in two weeks.
Ann Jackson of Pittsford wrote a letter to President Donald Trump in September challenging him to address the cost of prescription medication.
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“Makes me feel wonderful that an ordinary person can hopefully make a difference,” Jackson said.
Jackson said she never received a reply from the president, but after her letter and thousands of others, the government delayed the ban until January.
“I hope I had something to do with it,” Jackson said.
The delay gives people one more refill to save thousands of dollars.
“Over 110,000 in just a couple of weeks have sent letters in about this exact issue because there’s a lot of fear out there,” said Ken Hunter with the Campaign for Personal Prescription Importation.
News10NBC’s compared the price of medications in the U.S. and Canada on Instagram, showing a difference of 40 to 80%. For example, Xifaxan costs $12,000 in the U.S. and $2,300 in Canada, while Xarelto is $1,700 in the U.S. and $550 in Canada.
Eliquis costs more than $1,000 in the U.S. and less than $600 in Canada.
The ban delay is for 90 days, which matches the length of a standard prescription from Canada.
“So they’re really one refill away right now of having their ability of getting low cost drugs eliminated,” Hunter said.
The intent of the ban is to stop fentanyl from entering the country, but the campaign against it argues the ban should exempt prescription medications from Canada.
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