Yes, that is the point. A US customer as a citizen has at least an opportunity to contact a democratic representative in the case of US Customs action. An Indian vendor is not a US citizen, therefore cannot be held responsible for the actions of US Customs.
Of course in practice the US doctor lobby is all in on retaining maximum prescribing rights and the pharmaceutical lobby wants to exclude all drug imports by ordinary people. There is no citizen lobby defending against these rent seekers.
There’s a lot of talk about “defending your rights, blah, blah, blah”, but little organized citizen action. Our representatives are in the pockets of these lobbies, and the citizens keep electing them sacrificing our supposed rights.
I’m not going any further so as not to stray into “politics”, but it’s very disappointing and sadly hopeless. We are divided so we can be ruled more easily.
What remains is individual actions and taking care of yourself, that’s the only option left. And so the seizures will continue and we’ll keep playing the lottery. But make no mistake: in a democracy it is us, the citizens, who are responsible for this dismal situation. Can’t blame Indian vendors or the fairy.
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You could probably find someone in congress to argue the case.
Congress could do so much to ‘fix’ our healthcare system (and much more) , but they are fully absorbed in greed and self-preservation.The current prevalent ideology does not include anything do do with the Common Good; Dark Enlightenment and Techno-feudalism are de rigueur.
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If you assume that and therefore don’t try to make the system work as it should then it won’t work as it should.
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I am doing all I can…And, I am not making assumptions…just stating facts. What are you doing?
I am a UK citizen. I am having some interesting discussions within the UK, but I am not a US citizen and hence have no representative in congress to contact.
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Envious…to some degree. The issues here in the US are daunting, appear intractable and infectious. The issue of importing some drugs pale in comparison to our existential threats: ultra-nationalization, de-globalization,., climate change…de-civilization. The availability of reasonably priced pharmaceuticals sadly will be a casualty.
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Yes, the problems with the USA become glaringly apparent when you live outside the country and look in. However every country has its own individual problems.
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