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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The pharma industry is built on the concept of preserving their monopoly 
The prices are the offspring of that monopoly [/quote]

6:33 PP here.  Well, no, it's called patent law.  If someone spends a lot of time and money to come up with a medical breakthrough they are entitled to exclusivity for a certain period of time to recoup the investment.  Monopoly is something different and actually is illegal in the US in many forms.

However, at what rate the pharmaceutical companies recoup that investments will differ depending on the price ceilings.

to the PPs who brought up insurance.  Things are very convoluted there too. For example, I had 10K lifetime limit for fertility meds.  Guess how long it lasted?  Exactly 1 IVF cycle (not super high doses either).  I had $400 coverage left out of 10K because the med prices are jacked up double and sometimes triple of what it costs to buy 100% out of pocket in the US.  Why? Because they can.   Same combination of drugs costs ~3-4K oop before any manufacturer discounts via Freedom fertility, and $1,200 in my DH's home country in Eastern Europe, also out of pocket.  Not local equivalents or generics, exact same meds.

So think about these things when you vote for "business friendly" candidates in the next elections.[/quote]

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