The Push for Lower US Drug Prices Uses Bad Logic

The need to address the high cost of prescription drugs is one of the rare areas of concordance in our divided country. Americans across the political spectrum can agree that seniors shouldn’t have to ration pills, cancer patients shouldn’t need a GoFundMe campaign to afford treatment, and that too many Americans are making steep sacrifices to pay for their medications.

With that backdrop, President Donald Trump’s yearlong focus on forcing a conversation — and better yet, action — on drug prices is commendable.