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Experts Point to Cheap, Legal Drug Options in U.S.

A Bush administration task force has raised serious doubts about whether drugs imported from abroad can be made safe. Even if Congress doesn't loosen restrictions on prescription drug imports, analysts point to many other ways consumers can reduce their spending on medicines. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

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Julie Rovner is a health policy correspondent for NPR specializing in the politics of health care.Reporting on all aspects of health policy and politics, Rovner covers the White House, Capitol Hill, the Department of Health and Human Services in addition to issues around the country. She served as NPR's lead correspondent covering the passage and implementation of the 2010 health overhaul bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.