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1. downrightmike · 1790027914 · focus · HN ↗

   What does this actually mean?

   1. motionlessveloc · 1790028606 · focus · HN ↗

      Means you can no longer legally^W practically buy far cheaper prescription medicines from Canada, Mexico, India, China etc and ship them to the US.

      Their own primer on the topic: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.personalimportation.org&#x2F;understand-the-issue" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.personalimportation.org&#x2F;understand-the-issue

      1. dawnerd · 1790031188 · focus · HN ↗

         That’s not what it says. It’s still legal. You just have to pay duties. It’s also not just on medication. They shared these rules a while ago too.

         1. matthewdgreen · 1790032111 · focus · HN ↗

            Canadian pharmacies already pay tariffs. What does this actually change?

            1. reddozen · 1790032472 · focus · HN ↗

               Your comment is nonsense.

               Canadian pharmacies pay Canadian tariffs. Americans pay American tariffs. American importers are no longer exempted from paying American tariffs applied by the US government for goods de minimis goods they import from Canada.

               This post is about American importers no longer having exemption on tariffs they would have otherwise paid to the US government.

               At no point has Canadian pharmacies ever paid American tariffs. This is fiction you invented.

               1. matthewdgreen · 1790032783 · focus · HN ↗

                  I don’t know what you’re saying, but for those confused. Starting in 2025, the de minimis exception was removed. This added delays to purchases of drugs from Canada to the US, and required consumers to pay new duties. These duties were collected by the pharmacies at order time, or at least my experience was that the pharmacies would charge your card for them. This is the common sense understanding of what I said above.

                  These duties were annoying but bearable. However these new changes will effectively shut down all consumer orders of drugs from Canada starting on Oct 22. So if you need these drugs to stay alive, order them right now.

                  PS This new rule is going to put my family’s health at risk and I’m deeply pissed about it. Having some HNer pick this moment for pedantry is incredibly on brand.

                  1. tremon · 1790034817 · focus · HN ↗

                     &gt; This is the common sense understanding of what I said above.

                     It&#x27;s very dangerous to assume common understanding here when Trump has been loudly claiming the opposite, i.e. that the tariffs would be paid by the sender rather than the importer. It would have been more accurate to state that &quot;Canadian pharmacies have already been including the tarrifs in the total order cost&quot;.

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