Why Americans Pay So Much For Brand Name Drugs

[abelenkpe]

Why Americans Pay So Much For Brand Name Drugs

http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2011/12/why-americans-pay-so-much-for-brand.html


I am struggling a bit with the idea that reimportation back to the US of drugs made in America and sold to Canada is one of the solutions.

I believe Canada regulates prices, so they are much lower. So it does seem as that if one wishes to lower prices it makes more sense to merely emulate the Canadian approach, rather than add a Canada as a middleman.

One could make a decent case that the US consumer is filling the profit gap created by single payer price regulations in other countries.

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[3waygeek]

1. I don't know if Canada "regulates" prices...

but since it's a single payer system, the government, as the payer, sets the prices one way or the other.