Why do you think other countries don’t allow advertising for prescription drugs? Why do you think we still do?

The current system provides the wrong incentives for doctors and hospitals, sometimes forcing them to do what is not in their patients’ best interests.
What can patients and physicians do to change this?
Why are primary care physicians so important?
What do you think of workplace financial health incentive programs like Safeway’s?
Should private and public insurance implement similar “behavior as currency” strategies?