Prices are low in Canada because they have the negotiating power of the entire country behind their single payer system driving prices down. To do the same in the US would require taking on the very powerful (because they have huge piles of cash from drug prices being so high) pharma lobby and getting it past the rabidly pro business Republican party. The only real way to do it would be a) move to a more centralized insurance system to negotiate prices (did you know Medicare the largest insurance in the US can't legally negotiate the prices it will pay for drugs?) or b) have legal limits on the prices of drugs set by fiat.
I'm dubious this is going anywhere, it seems like a ploy to get some talking points for the election in 2020.
I'm dubious this is going anywhere, it seems like a ploy to get some talking points for the election in 2020.