Chill dude. I added a </sarcasm> tag.

But to engage seriously:

> You’re basically saying the drug companies subsidise a loss in Europe by over charging Americans, right?

No - once they know how to manufacture a drug, it's dirt cheap for them to do so - they're still making a profit in Europe. The purpose of billing Americans a huge amount (other than they can get away with it), is to fund the research + trials for the next generation of drugs.

Of course, even this argument doesn't hold water. I remember when pharmaceuticals spent more on advertising/marketing than on R&D (may still be the case).