According to a recent survey:

• 72% of Americans think prescription drug prices are unreasonable
• 83% approve of allowing the federal government to negotiate with drug companies for lower prices on medications for Medicare beneficiaries
• 76% favor limiting the amount drug companies can charge for high-cost drugs for illnesses like hepatitis or cancer
• 51% feel that regulation by the federal government would do a better job at keeping prescription drug costs down than marketplace competition
• 40% feel that marketplace competition would do a better job at keeping prescription drug costs down than government regulation

Source: "Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: August 2015," the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, August 20, 2015, http://kff.org/health-costs/poll-finding/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-august-2015/