Why paint this person as a liberal? Oh, I see...this must be a simple minded person who likes to place everyone in either a right wing, pro-capitalist approach, or label someone a traitorous, commie left winger. It's nice to see the effects of media and how they can help polarize the citizens in this country and make everyone just a little bit dumber.
The responders are correct: the drugs are now really subsidized in the manner you suggest. I find it ironic that politicians supporting the ban of importing Canadian drugs to benefit cash-strapped consumers also support the exporting of the U.S. workforce to places like India and China, all in the name of free trade. Hypocrisy is a unpleasant woman.
This bashing of a supply-demand environment is an attempt from a simple minded person to label, in one word, how a particular system works. In this case, the word you're thinking is probably Marxism. Congrats. I salute your ability to codify Canada's system in just one word. If I was as feeble minded, I would say that the word that categorizes your side as "aristocratic". I remember America's struggle to break the chains of the characteristics behind this label I bestowed upon you. I think it was back in 1776 or something.
Canada's Rx drugs pouring into USA 586Ok, I stand corrected. Instead, the Canadian government just regulates the prices that can be charged for drugs. So much for the free market! No, it's...