When we have drug safety laws that end up killing people there must be something unconstitutional about that. In particular, I am thinking about the laws that prevent re-importation of drugs from countries like Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. This is brought to mind by the article Concerned About Getting Rx Drugs from Canada? Here’s What to Know.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently sent a warning letter to a Canadian company selling prescription drugs online to Americans.

The agency has pointed out that where you buy medications outside of the United States can make the difference between taking a pill that improves your health and getting one that doesn’t help. It may even harm you.

I think about the recent steep rises in drug prices like insulin that has people dying from trying to ration how much insulin they use because of the limits on what they can afford. Whatever safety problems arise from shipping drugs to Canada and then re-importing them to the USA can’t possibly be as bad as not being able to get the drug at all. If this isn’t denying people life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, I’d like to see how the Supreme Court can explain this if the case comes before them. If the Supreme Court can think that corporations are people, surely they can see that people are people.

The Real News Network has published partner provided content Economic Update: Capitalism vs. Socialism.

This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff does something a little different. He dives deep into the 200+ year old debate and struggle between capitalism and socialism and looks into how it has become both confused and confusing. The different definitions of these systems make honest, balanced discussions and evaluations of them increasingly more difficult. Now that socialism is rising yet again to challenge capitalism, the debate demands a closer examination of the terms and their numerous, new and different meanings.

Richard Wolff is ready to go on to a different debate than we have engaged in about state capitalism versus private capitalism. Some people may not be ready to move on yet. I am not sure if I am, but I will entertain the thought.

As a “what worksist”, if somebody can explain to me how it would actually work practically to make society better and how we could make the transition, then it would be something we should try. I think there is a lot in the existing debate that could lead to better results while we also debate Professor Wolff’s ideas.

The Deductible has the article Rep Jayapal and Sen Sanders Have Introduced Medicare For All Bills: One Is a Lot Better Than the Other.

The cost-containment section in Representative Jayapal’s bill will cut health care costs substantially without slashing the incomes of doctors and hospitals. Senator Sanders’ bill cannot do that.

Now that you know the punchline, read the article for the explanation.