That, or the companies will bargain harder with Canada's National Health system. If the choice comes down to paying more or going back to applying leeches, I suspect they'll pay more. The only concern I'd have is the socialists up there deciding to break the drug company's patents and produce the drugs themselves. I'd like to see what the "import the cheap drugs from Canada" folks would do then. Would they support importation if the drugs are knockoffs that infringe US firm's intellectual property?
Sure, they'd be all for it, until they started dying. Of course, then their families can start to sue.