Pinworm is a parasitic infection, while ringworm is a fungal infection. Totally different, but either can be cured with inexpensive OTC meds. That was a very alarmist and misleading article.
Agreed that there are less expensive drugs, but the concern is the total freedom of drug companies to charge any amount... no restrictions.
Searching for "skyrocketing drug costs" almost daily opens a news article such as this one that appeared yesterday.
Skyrocketing drug costs hit home with $89,000 price tag
$89,000 is an extremely high cost for helping persons with muscular dystrophy, when most would not be able to afford th1s expense in an ongoing basis.
I don't believe that this enters a matter of politics or restrictions of freedom, though others may disagree. The wiki article on price controls is heavy with criticism of price controls, with little support support for controls of any kind.
Most who visit ER, may not remember or even be aware of Price Controls that were established during WWII, to keep the cost of living reasonable.
Certainly there are ways of going around the US laws regarding importing less expensive drugs from other countries. While it is easy to do this, it would have been considered "black market" during the period of price controls.
Rationing and price controls were the law of the land in the 1940's.
Some pundits suggest that the exceedingly high prices are an attempt to get ahead of government controls. YMMV.
Just my opinion.
FYI... one month drug prices as of April 2016:
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