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Originally Posted by Mutt
Why not consumers in wealthier countries? Because other wealthy countries nationalized their healthcare systems and put price controls on prescription drugs. The US doesn't so the drug companies set their prices higher in the US. Why do u think all those online Canadian drug sites popped up that Americans were buying from?
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And why do you think that back in the early 1990's the U.S. border patrol started stopping cancer patients from the U.S. from crossing into Canada to buy their life-saving prescriptions from Canadian pharmacies?
Big Pharma Lobbyist's in Washington D.C. is why.
Can you imagine if you had a company that sold something and you managed to contribute enough money to enough Congressional candidates to get a free pass to price gouge without ANY regulation from the U.S.?
Especially if what you made was something that could mean life or death?
All I can tell you is...it amazes me the different perspectives I see (including yours). Money and power are what is happening with the prices we pay in the United States. Has nothing to do with "subsidizing" other countries.
The government is corrupt. And every big corporation in the world knows it.