Fabs. I think you miss the point. Why should drugs be higher here than in foreign countries? Granted, our society is a lot more litigous, but really. Take Viagra for example. It's jumped up to $11.00 a pop at Walmart.
My insurance won't even pay for it, so guess who pays through the nose.
Some of my other meds have $10 copays, others a $25 copay and two others a $40 copay. It all runs about $300 a month in copays, and that's just me. That doesn't count my wife's meds which kicks in another $175 a month. That takes a meaty chunk out of my retirement pay along with what I pay for my health insurance. If I was on medicare, we couldn't even get some of meds we require.
I suppose I shouldn't gripe as I at least have decent insurance, but it gripes my gut in a big way that because of the cost of prescriptions and health care, my wife and I cannot enjoy the retirement we worked out tails off to have.
Paul B.