...by making it unlawful for the government itself to negotiate drug prices, for one; and by making it unlawful for citizens to buy from other countries like Canada -- purportedly for "safety" considerations, even though the drugs often are the very same ones, manufactured by the very same companies.
It's disgraceful. This country has become a Ferengi culture, where absolutely everything has a price, and where cutthroat practices are admired while caring for one another is considered weakness.
Links:
re: negotiating drug prices:
https://www.ncpssm.org/PublicPolicy/Medicare/Documents/ArticleID/1138/Issue-Brief-Medicare-Drug-Negotiation-and-Rebates
re: buying drugs from Canada:
http://www.elderlawanswers.com/buying-prescription-drugs-from-canada-legal-or-illegal-1204
(this article notes that, while it is still illegal, federal authorities exercise "enforcement discretion"
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