By getting government completely out of health care, we will have more choices, better health care, and lower prices for doctor visits, hospital stays, and health insurance. Health care just gives politicians opportunity to create problems, then use the problems to justify further interference in health care. Health care coverage and health care are not the same thing. There is a national health care program in Canada, with health care rationed. But you say, Americans are going to Canada to buy prescription drugs.
Drugs are cheaper there because of the exchange rate.
It takes years and costs hundreds of millions of dollars to get FDA approval. The FDA has no incentive to streamline drug testing or to reduce the costs. Independent third party testing companies that can be held legally accountable for their results need to be developed. Allow testing done in other countries to be used in the approval process here. Change patent law so the patent expiration doesn't begins until the drug is approved.