Prices. we re one of the only countries in the developed, rich country world that can t negotiate prices. so we give drug companies patents. we give them a monopoly therefore on a drug and say, charge what you will, and of course the economists will tell you they re going to charge the sky s will limit until the profits go down, and that s what s happened. and what we really need is to say, look, we think you need a fair price for a drug. we re going to pay the price that the drug improves health. and drugs that really improve health, cure people of their cancer, we re going to pay for that. drugs that don t do a lot, we shouldn t be paying a lot, and we shouldn t be burdening both the average american but also the government and everyone who pays premiums with high prices. you know, we know what the price could be in a lot of drugs, like one of the blood thinner drugs