My wife and I are both over 75 and on a fixed income. She takes a drug called Lyrica, which has caused us to now be in the doughnut hole. Last month we spent over $800.00 on prescriptions, a total of 90 pills. This caused me to wonder what would the cost have been if we were in another country. When I checked, assuming I could just walk into a pharmacy and ask for a single Lyrica pill in the US, the price would be a bit more than $9.00 per pill. If I were to walk into pharmacy in Canada and ask for the same pill, the price would be a little under $4.00. When I asked about the difference, I was told that Canada has a set price for drugs. I was also told that in the US, we pay for research and development. Why do we shoulder the burden and other countries don't?