[Jeff Chandler]

The gubmint is already in the medicine business via medicaid, medicare, VA hospitals, etc. etc.

Which is a big reason why it is so expensive.

[durasell]

It's also expensive because it's a free market, the drug companies etc. are going to charge as much as they can (which they should). Like any other business, they don't have a benchmark they reach and say, "Okay, halt the price increases, we've made enough money!" It's also expensive because you have a lot of non-paying "customers" in the form of illegals and folks who simply don't have the money to pay. And too, we now have a lot of fancy-pants equipment like MRIs that are pricey items.

[FreeKeys]

The gubmint is already in the medicine business via medicaid, medicare, VA hospitals, etc. etc.

Which is a big reason why it is so expensive.

Precisely

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