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How are drugs made in the U.S. cheaper in Canada? Is it because the Canadian Government subsidies the price of these drugs? If so, Canada will not be able to sell these drugs to the Americans for long. Canada is playing a shell game with the price and this pushing the cost of drugs, especially new drugs, onto American consumers. I vote we close the border with Canada and let only those Canadians cross the border into American that can prove they have the Fox News Channel.

Here is a nice article on the Canadian Drug Shell Game - Click Here!

"Through limiting the availability of prescription drugs and controlling the prices of those that are available, Canada has succeeded only in preventing Canadians from obtaining drugs that might have reduced hospital stays and expensive medical procedures. Despite prices on some individual drugs that are lower than in the United States, Canada has been unable to hold down the overall cost of either prescription drugs or other health care. The result is a lower standard of health care at a higher cost than Canadian patients and taxpayers have a right to expect. "

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How are drugs made in the U.S. cheaper in Canada? Is it because the Canadian Government subsidies the price of these drugs?

Canada is not necessarily subsidizing the price, they simply tell the drug companies what the price will. They control the price. They limt what the company can charge

Since even at dictated prices the drug companies are making money, they simply sell to canadian distribrution chain at cheaper prices than they sell to US distributers.