 As it turns out, the founders of PBRX offered the technology at no cost to the government, however, those in government decided it was best to pay for technology that was already offered for free.With mounting pressure from lobbying efforts to bring cheaper drugs across the border from Canada (with the associated risks of millions of counterfeit drugs being sold to Americans), coupled with big pharma lobbying to keep the Canadian drugstore door closed, President Bush signed the Medicare Part D bill in November 2003.In his remarks at the signing of the bill, President Bush stated