> You are correct, and there is something the US can do about high drug costs. We pass a law requiring Big Pharma to sell drugs in the US at the planet's lowest negotiated price. This will help shift R&D costs onto Europe, Canada, and Asia, because Big Pharma will of necessity spread that cost around.

A way less intrusive way to ensure the same end result is to allow reimporting of prescription drugs.

There was a bill to do this last year, but unfortunately it was killed in the Senate.