Yes I know that we do things differently than you do and I think the point of the OP is that the consequences of our doing things differently is that we provide

Yes I know that we do things differently than you do and I think the point of the OP is that the consequences of our doing things differently is that we provide health care more universally and more efficiently. The drug companies spend hundreds of millions if not billions telling you that there would be dire consequences if they couldn't patent their work six ways from Sunday and charge amazing amounts of money for a few pennies worth of chemicals. They remind me greatly of your entertainment oligopolies, right down to the way they control your laws through their lobbying prowess. Asking a drug company what would happen if you asked them to charge less is like asking the fox what would happen if you locked the door to the chicken coop.