Not only do we pay extortive costs, by doing so we help subsidize healthcare in other countries: "Americans also pay some of the highest prices in the world fo

Not only do we pay extortive costs, by doing so we help subsidize healthcare in other countries: "Americans also pay some of the highest prices in the world for this treatment. Our high costs offset steep discounts drugmakers give to poorer countries where rabies infections are more common, says Willoughby, the rabies expert at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin."