Right you are mr rivers. And the Medicare Part D made it law that Medicare could not negotiate the price of drugs nor could Americans reimport the drugs that are made in America, shipped abroad and  subsidized by the governments of those countries so that all their citizens could have access to them. Remember the busloads of grey hairs stopped at the Canada?US border being searched for contraband, i.e. the drugs they needed and could afford in Canada or Mexico but not here where they were made? Granted lots of drugs are over prescribed and healthier lifestyles are more effective but some drugs are absolutely life saving and those need to be more affordable for Americans.