part of why prescription prices in the US are so high is because Americans finance all research and development of new medicines. the socialized health care systems opted out of paying for their medicines at prices that the companies could afford to do r&d. If Europe and Canada actually paid their fair share, US prices for prescriptions would go down. Without us, there'd be no new medicines. Your selfishness means we pay for it but one day you'll have a cure for AIDS and a cure for cancer because of us. Of course, by then Europe will probably claim that America is to blame for AIDS and cancer.