Imported non Generic drugs would change everything if congress has not interfered and made it illegal.
A big part of the cost is the litigation insurance. Most countries don’t have a horde of slip and fall lawyers just waiting to get class actions rolling.
Many countries, including Canada, do, in effect, reduce prescription drug prices by decree. Governments may do the buying; and insist on a steep discount. It works, because U.S. consumers pay most of the cost of research.
This topic came up on here a few days ago. One poster provided some pretty frightening information about imported drugs.
A few examples:
Of all the “isms” that are destroying our country, “corporatism” is probably the most unreported and most detrimental. The way that corporations and their lobbying groups can control elected officials, like puppets, is scary and disgusting. Our elected officials pick the winners and losers based on who they’re told to pick by their corporate masters. Drugs that used to cost $100, now cost 3x-4x-5x that, since the implementation of obamacare. A complete pile of trash written by the same people that are profiting off of it.
If the President could one thing, he’d put some legit researchers on how that all played out, start teasing everyone on Twitter and then blow up the farm w/ a press conference. Tell the country how they’re going to modify the patent laws, etc to prevent these games and grant waivers/pardons to any entity that makes the generic.
Big Pharma will shit a pickle.