For a Utahn with severe allergic reactions, an EpiPen can be the difference between life and death.
The same is true for a Canadian, but the big difference is the cost. Whereas a Utah resident could pay $600 for a two-pack, in Canada the same pens sell for about a third of the cost.
It’s just one example of dozens like it where out-of-control drug prices are literally bankrupting Americans, driving health care costs higher while the pharmaceutical companies are raking in profits.
Ideally, Congress would address the problem. But if you saw the news recently where a train carrying members of Congress hit a garbage truck, you saw a metaphor for national lawmaking these days — a train wreck and a trash fire.