I have believed this "nonsense" for a while so I went looking for evidence that supports the claim. I'd always assumed it was just regional market segmentation

I have believed this "nonsense" for a while so I went looking for evidence that supports the claim. I'd always assumed it was just regional market segmentation that allowed them to change a lot more here in the US. One of the Quora answers [1] to this question has lots of evidence and ultimately boils down to mostly marketing budgets (drugs are advertised directly to consumers here in the US and not elsewhere). [1] https://www.quora.com/Does-the-US-subsidize-health-care-in-the-rest-of-the-world-by-doing-most-of-the-drug-research https://www.quora.com/Does-the-US-subsidize-health-care-in-t...