Drug reimportation

Governor Pawlenty is floating the idea that Indian tribes could import drugs from Canada and sell them if the federal government says the state can't do so anymore. Theoretically, this could work, since tribes are sovereign and the federal government has very limited say in what they do.

But aside from that, give me a break. This beating around the bush has gone on too long. Canada has lower drug prices for one reason: the government negotiates with drug companies to get huge discounts. The U.S. government is explicitly banned from doing so in the Medicare drug bill, however, a little gift the Republicans made to the drug companies. Remove this ridiculous ban and allow the government to negotiate bulk purchases at lower prices and we won't have to deal with these triple bank shots of bringing Canadian drugs through reservations and into Minnesota.