Subject: Re: Re: saving on drugs: Costco

[Guest guest]

I agree with all of this. What I find unfortunate is that the international drug

companies price drugs higher in the US than in other countries. Most other

developed countries have some form of nationalised health care, which means the

government is the main bulk buyer of drugs in those countries, whereas the US

remains split among many smaller buyers. The other countries have succeeded in

negotiating lower prices than are available on the US.

This leaves the US consumer paying more than his fair share of the cost of

research and development for new drugs. The cost of drugs abroad should be

higher, and the cost of drugs in the US should be lower. Until this happens, I

will continue to purchase drugs from Canada.

Regards

DanG

>In the case of the drug companies, they have large

>research and development costs, especially for research into drugs

>which can't be used. That's why they call it " research. " They're

>investigating the known. Those costs have to be recouped somehow and

>it's fair to factor those costs into the price of the drugs which do

>work and get sold.