And yet without those high prices drug discovery and testing would progress at a far slower pace. The US does subsidize the bringing of new drugs to the market for the rest of the world, but as the richest nation that seems somewhat unsurprising.
I my mind the development of new drugs is one of the better uses for a nations capitol.
You're absolutely right; but I'd argue that that doesn't excuse the human cost of this situation within the US, or that it's an unfair situation that because the political system isn't actually working in the interests of most people in the US, the country is being taken advantage of in this manner.
I my mind the development of new drugs is one of the better uses for a nations capitol.