Big Pharma would lose a lot of profits, that's why. There is absolutely no justification for the re-importation ban on prescription medication, and it's one of few issues in America that is an outrage.https://twitter.com/BroBuffBeard/status/1107769073381732352 …
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Prohibiting reimportation reduces prices for both Americans and Canadians, even if Americans pay more than Canadians. Happy to show you the math, though it doesn’t fit in a tweet. It’s the same economics behind charging different prices on an airplane for the same seat.
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The late Jack Calfee has a good summary. http://www.aei.org/publication/the-grim-economics-of-pharmaceutical-importation/ … Roger Bate with a bit more theoretical math. http://www.aei.org/publication/drug-pricing-and-its-discontents/ …
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(But I haven’t read every white paper on the subject, so I can’t vouch for them as “best.” Just remember them from my AEI days.)
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