[KptMarchewa]

It's not on the level of individual student, but overall market. As ability of whole group of students to pay goes up, the price also goes up.

[theseatoms]

Just wait until Uncle Sam foots the bill directly.

He has quite the "ability to pay".

[bcassedy]

Right, but he also then has a lot more incentive to keep costs down and the power to enforce some requirements and controls to keep costs down.

[CamperBob2]

Seems to work OK in every other civilized country on Earth.