[nickcarraway]

I agree with all that, and have actually said as much many time. EXCEPT, I don't know that drug companies will ever charge them more.

Europeans love to bash U.S. healthcare, even though they are ignorant about it, but I don't see them ever being forced to come to that conclusion.

[srmanuel]

If the Executive Order from Trump is effective then other nations will likely have to pay higher prices in order to have access to the same drugs, assuming the US is actually subsidizing thru higher prices drugs for other countries or the US consumer is getting ripped off

I think the actual cost of most drugs is substantially less than what US Consumers pay, the big pharmaceutical companies use the R&D issue as an excuse to charge more

How much R&D costs are really lobbyist expenses, media advertising and political donations and have nothing to do with Drug R&D

[dforest]

Oh they will. And it will not be by force like it has been in the US for years.