[BlazingArizona]

Your analogy sucks. In this case, the drug companies will be competing against themselves.

Businesses in general have the right to sell the same product for different prices in different markets. Buyers in general have the right to shop around internationally for the best deal. Pharma, and pharma alone, has the special monopoly privilege of federal legislation preventing consumers from shopping around for their products. This is what McCain's legislation, which he promoted during the campaign, would change.

Sorry, but your Kool-Aid prescription is out of refills and no longer renewable.

[kabar]

Nonsense. In many cases, foreign governments are dictating prices to the drug companies if they want to sell them in their countries. If they then sell them in the US market competing against the drug manufacturers who developed them, the unintended consequence will be for the drug companies to reduce supply and to invest less money in developing new ones. I want the drug companies to be in control of their own products, not the government.

Pharma, and pharma alone, has the special monopoly privilege of federal legislation preventing consumers from shopping around for their products.

Source please. And there are reasons for such controls, which have to do with public safety.

There are plenty of US products that are cheaper overseas than they are here, mainly due to the fact that the products would not be competitive in poorer markets. I can buy a pair of Nike snearkers cheaper in Seoul than I can here. Do you think Nike would allow its dealers in Seoul to sell their sneakers here?