The Boston Herald reports that the head of the Novartis drug company warns that his company "could cut the supply of cheap drugs it sells to Canada in an attempt to stem the flow of those meds to bargain-hunting U.S. citizens."
"Why should we deliver quantities far higher than are needed in Canada,'' the drug honco said, in a speech to Boston College's Chief Executives Club.
Among the questions Americans might ask:
1. Why should we have to go to Canada to get cheaper drugs?
2. Why does all drug cost discussion seem to flow through Canada?
3. Why are Americans subsidizing the rest of the world's drug use?
One person recently asked me, "Why not a new Boston Tea Party? Just make it drugs this time."