The only reasonable explanation for the price of meds in the US is some form of collusion between insurance and pharma companies. I can't see any other reasona

The only reasonable explanation for the price of meds in the US is some form of collusion between insurance and pharma companies. I can't see any other reasonable explanation for list prices for the same medications that cost 3X, even 10X! Times more than in France, Sweden, or even Mexico or Brazil. There is probably a symbiotic relationship where insurance providers benefit from very high public listing prices while paying heavily discounted prices behind the scenes and providing market protection for monopolist pharma companies.