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More factoids on US drug prices:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/12/us-pharmaceuticals-usa-comparison-idUSKCN0S61KU20151012

U.S. prices for the world's 20 top-selling medicines are, on average, three times higher than in Britain, according to an analysis carried out for Reuters… U.S. prices were six times higher than in Brazil and 16 times higher than the average in the lowest-price country [among the countries studied], which was usually India.

…U.S. prices for top brand-name drugs jumped 127% between 2008 and 2014, compared with an 11% rise in a basket of common household goods, according to Express Scripts, the largest U.S. manager of drug plans.

…Many of the biggest differences were evident for older drugs, reflecting the fact that prices are typically hiked each year in the United States…