i actually read the story, and frankly he has a point. FYI anything from MediaMatters or ThinkProgress is about as biased as it comes.

“People have no problem paying $900 for an iPad,” Santorum said, “but paying $900 for a drug they have a problem with — it keeps you alive. Why? Because you’ve been conditioned to think health care is something you can get without having to pay for it.”
Hes right. I wish we lived in a world where people invested untold millions of dollars to create a drug just to drive themselves into bankruptcy in the name of helping someone else. But that isnt going to happen, ever. So once you get past that utopian dream Star Trek promised you, you can begin to understand and really come up with real world solutions to healthcare.

All hes saying is there is a double standard when it comes to healthcare. Someone develops a wonder drug and sells it for what they think the market price is, and people will complain. But people willingly spend $900 on IPADs and Flatscreen TVs and never complain.

If this kids mom has the choice between buying the $900 drug and a $900 IPAD, and she has an IPAD, do you have any sympathy for her?

BOth are products developed and researched and sold. Why is it ok to pay the asking price of 1 and not the other?

If you have insurance, the "$900" medicine isnt $900 fyi.