[ari-freedom]

companies exist for profit. They want the same profit so if the price has to be low then they’ll sell less.
Now canadians may be willing to subsidize the cheaper drugs for canadians who need them with tax $. But to pay more taxes to support low drug prices for us? that system would break

[ThePythonicCow]

Now canadians may be willing to subsidize the cheaper drugs

I thought we were talking about Canadian price controls here, not subsidies.

That is, I thought that the Canadian system mandated that the (mostly American) drug companies not charge more than $X for particular drugs, and that the reimportation proposals would let American resellers (pharmacies and hospitals) resell drugs that they purchased in Canada for these capped prices.

I see nothing in that scenario that involved Canadians paying for the drugs Americans use.

I only see a greater proportion of the drug companies sales going into price controlled markets.