Is The Legislature Really Going To Defer To Canadian Price Controls?

Several weeks ago, it was brought to my attention that there were handful of bills designed to create a price control system in North Dakota for prescription drugs. At first, I was dismissive that this was a real threat. I mean, come on, how could legislators in a state like North Dakota really try to do such a thing that goes against everything they have proclaimed about socialist healthcare over the last decade?

But then - the bills started passing.

The North Dakota Watchdog Network opposes efforts this session to create price controls that interfere with the free market - either directly, or by referencing prices in Canada. We also oppose placing North Dakota’s economic value in the hands of other states.

Senate Bill 2170

SB 2170 would limit the free market and pin medicine prices to those in Canada, a foreign, socialist market. The goal of this legis…