Prescription Drugs From Canada

People here want it both ways. They oppose any sort of government regulation of drug prices domestically and any sort of social health care, but they want to be able to jump the border and buy drugs at lower prices in Canada where prices are in a sense fixed. If this is really what is going on, why not shorten patent periods here so generics could compete and prices would be lower or at least make it harder to extend the patents - some of the ways in which they are extended are dubvious to say the least. Or if this isn't acceptable regulate prices so senior citizens (who generally have less health insurance) can afford to eat and take their medicine. I don't think it is very fair to Canada to place our burden on them.