[justthistime_]

Wow, more of this "free market" non-sense.

a) It's not a free market. Especially in cases with life-threatening diseases a person can't just "walk away from a deal", that would be suicide for that person.

b) Entities banding together to negotiate a better price? Boohoohoo how unfair. Welcome to capitalism. Oh wait, if the entity were for-profit companies all would be fine, right? It's only bad when citizens band together.

Is it so hard to accept that in all other civilized countries health care works better and at a more reasonable cost?

Get your shit together, Americans.

[wildmusings]

If the entity were a single for-profit company it would be a monopoly or cartel and would be illegal.

[justthistime_]

The US is not known for applying laws to rich people.