to sell drugs to other countries at costs below what they would sell them to you in the US. It is not Obama that is corrupt in this case but rather the pharma companies. They most certainly have an option here, they can simply say NO. But somehow you figure out a way to blame Obama for pharma companies choosing to screw you. btw, if you're going to reference how another country compares to ours in terms of healthcare effectiveness, other folks might actually take the time to listen to your arguments if you'd bother to cite references - which of course you don't because there aren't any that actually support your arguments. suzyq | 10.28.09 @ 2:20PM Yes1Fan | 1.4.10 @ 10:44PM My wife's severe Essential Tremor, which had her bedridden at age 38, was eliminated because the French (Dr. Benabid) developed Deep Brain Stimulation therapy back in the '80's. The U.S. (Medtronic in particular) had 1st crack at developing this, but didn't believe the market size (ie. profit potential) was big enough. So much for your "U.S. R&D" theory (myth, actually), LW. Big Pharma / Big Med profits are obscene, and very little of that is ploughed back into "actual" R&D (as opposed to trumped-up R&D). Time to reboot the medical system based on "true costs" and by eliminating all non-value-add activity & products. Iheartfrance | 11.10.09 @ 6:05PM Preston Weiters,jr | 2.4.10 @ 11:39PM 2/5/10, I've got a Canadian relative who went blind at 68, died at