Don't worry about the difference in fuel costs. The USA is subsidizing your socialized pharmaceutical costs.
In Arizona, some woman recently got stung by a scorpion in her garage. Her cost was around $80,000 for the two small vials of anti-venom ($40,000 each!). Her insurance stopped at $57,000 so she has to pay the difference of $25,000 out of pocket.
Big part of this is across the border in Mexico, the same drug is $100 per vial. Seems for what she paid, she could inoculate 800 people there for what one person in the USA pays.
AZ Republic news on scorpion sting drug costs.
Oh. My recent hospital bill was $350,000 with maybe another $85,000 coming due. Go figger. Need to see bankruptcy lawyer I guess if they go with a home lien.
Some things seem good or worse, depending on where you live. They make it all back somehow. Fuel is a minor detail in life and I'm amazed people dicker over some $2 difference between countries when other things are far more serious financially. That $2 gives you outside benefits you don't see other than at the pump. Try comparing your same drug costs to ours sometimes.
Mack