Read 'The price we pay' if you want to understand the US healthcare system. Most of the 'socialist' countries don't pay for R&D on drugs; US consumers do. The

Read 'The price we pay' if you want to understand the US healthcare system. Most of the 'socialist' countries don't pay for R&D on drugs; US consumers do. They pay a marginal price based on production cost, but almost none of the fixed price investments in efficacy, safety studies etc. The US system in no way resembles a functioning market. It's a byzantine spider web of regulatory capture, patent abuse, bad incentives and inertia.