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While the general idea that rich countries should help poorer ones has some merits, the idea that poor people in rich countries should be shafted in order to provide cheaper drugs for everybody else doesn't quite make sense to me.

I've heard the argument that Americans effectively subsidize drugs for everybody else. While it may be true, it still seems like a terrible situation to me, even as a non-american. There's got to be a fairer way to work this out.