We do not need drugs from Canada to save.

Why are drugs so high in the US as compared to Canada?

Canada has a block buying system that buys large amounts of drugs on the competitive market.

The problem in the United States is the vicious money cycles.

Drug companies buy political influence from huge profits made from you and I. The Drug companies contribute to Champaign funds of both Democratic and Republican Congressmen and Presidential candidates. These companies also pay for large parties, country club gatherings seminars to Hawaii and Florida getaways.

In order to pay for these perks, Congress and the President pay for the drug companies generosity by giving tax breaks, making laws favorable to the drug companies that will them to jack up our drug prices to you and I. They also write laws that will not permit competitive block buys like Canada.

Drug companies pay off doctors by providing perks such as free luncheons, paid trips to vacation resorts to pitch a certain drug combined with vacations and a lot of fun. Doctors earn these perks by prescribing higher priced drugs to their customers, you and I.
Doctors void your trust by prescribing a higher priced no generic drug which in all likelihood is not any better than the generic drug.

With a stacked deck like this how do you save?

1) Inform your doctor that you only want generic drugs. If he does not prescribe generic drugs then you will find a doctor who will. I did this with my wife .I found that for each change from no generic to generic you usually save by a factor of 10. For example, if the nonprescription drug cost $40 the generic drug would be as low as $4.

2) Refuse drugs that are not generic. For example a pharmacy gave me two drugs and antibiotic and nose spray for a cost of $17. I refused the drug and told the doctor that I was not accepting any drug where generic would do the same thing. The doctor changed the prescription to generic for a cost of $3.50.

3) Where possible buy in block buys. This is usually done with the people you work with or your employer Insurance Company.

Legislation is needed that prevents conflict of interest as described above. It is up to insist that your congressmen write laws with enforceable penalties that prevent such abuse.