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Be more pissed about this----

Who pays for pharmaceutical innovation?

Since 1999 America has accounted for 71% of the sales of new chemical entities, up from 62%. Japan and Germany, the next two largest pharmaceutical markets, account for just 4% each.

Of course this figure stems from both high volume and high price in the U.S.; it is a massive form of implicit foreign aid.

Other countries like to point out how much we pay for inferior care here is a good place to cut some fat

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You are absolutely correct, Canadians paying 3% over production cost (by law) is crazy when American's pay for all of the development costs.

It gets even worse if American's are allowed to subvert the system and buy drugs from Canada.

Personally I think the solution is to invade Canada, or maybe file a WTO complaint.