The US tends to subsidize research in healthcare, significantly by its methods of pricing for healthcare. For instance if a US company makes a drug knowing the

The US tends to subsidize research in healthcare, significantly by its methods of pricing for healthcare. For instance if a US company makes a drug knowing they will be able to sell a pill for $100 in the US and $20 abroad, is it really fair to say that the US paid 5x as much (since it is most certainly subsidizing the cost of the drug).