[Theoria]

'As for drug prices, R&D is expensive and must be covered by initial pricing before protections expire and other companies are allowed to clone them without any R&D expense. The high pricing is not because of any monopoly, it is an expense to be covered as no one develops a product for free. '

Nothing is more monopolistic than having a protected market that prevents competition from oversea drug importations. .Gov effectively limits the importations of drugs to the benefit of drug companies.

The price stranglehold will eventually bring forth even more 'socialism' to the US if it isn't stopped.

[roadcat]

Are you contesting my statement of fact that R&D is expensive and must be covered? No one develops a product for free, and there must be protections against piracy. Oversea drug marketers rip off the originators of drugs. I have no qualms about free markets. But I do believe piracy must be stopped. The Chinese and others blatantly copy products without trying to invent the products themselves. This is something President Trump is trying to prevent. Competition is good, but piracy is bad.