[iqkznnft]

I'm talking about pills developed in the 50s, and which cost nothing to manufacture, and almost given away in most of the world except in the USA.

[hollerith]

Which pills developed in the 50s cost much more in the US than in the rest of the world?

[iqkznnft]

Ask Martin Shkreli.

[tptacek]

A cartoon villain, to be sure, and a legitimate target for public policy interventions, but pretty clearly not an indication of why US health care costs so much; he managed to price those drugs specifically because they were a corner-case for the pharma industry.