It never made sense to me that the libs get to 'own' lowering drug prices. Our healthcare market is not a market in any sense of the word, in as much as we individually participate in it.
I've never had a problem with the idea of letting the US bargain for me in the market. That's what other countries do - that's why they have lower drug costs. They negotiate on behalf of their citizens. If you want to sell your drug in Canada or Mexico, get prepared to make a deal. It's better than NO income from Canada or Mexico, or the UK, so you'll take it.
The problem becomes because we have an unrealistic idealized view of the US healthcare market that we don't allow our government do the same, so the pharma companies make up what they lost in their negotiations by washing it through the bureaucratic black-box nightmare that is "Health Insurance". We tie one hand behind our back and then get mad when we get slapped.
It never made sense to me that the libs get to 'own' lowering drug prices. Our healthcare market is not a market in any sense of the word, in as much as we individually participate in it.
I've never had a problem with the idea of letting the US bargain for me in the market. That's what other countries do - that's why they have lower drug costs. They negotiate on behalf of their citizens. If you want to sell your drug in Canada or Mexico, get prepared to make a deal. It's better than NO income from Canada or Mexico, or the UK, so you'll take it.
The problem becomes because we have an unrealistic idealized view of the US healthcare market that we don't allow our government do the same, so the pharma companies make up what they lost in their negotiations by washing it through the bureaucratic black-box nightmare that is "Health Insurance". We tie one hand behind our back and then get mad when we get slapped.