Originally Posted by kane

In almost every case I would agree with you. If you make a product that costs you $1 to make and you can sell it for $125 you should be allowed to do so. That said, most products are not a matter of life and death for some people. There are a lot of people who go without medicine because they can't afford it and it either cuts their lives short or it makes their quality of life much lower.

I'm not saying that they should be forced to only mark the price up 5%, but in many cases it is just outrageous how much they mark it up. One of the reasons health care costs so much is the cost of drugs. I guess I don't see why a reasonable price control on medicine is such a bad thing.