Well, for all those who say "a free market does exist": I don't consider a market as strictly regulated in terms of manufacturing (FDA) as well as in pricing (at least in Germany, and IIRC in the US anywhere Medicare/Medicaid is involved) as a truly free market.
Not only that, but sick people are making choices that, while technically free choices, are typically dilemmas, Catch-22s, Hobson's choices or worse: Sophie's choice.
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Well, for all those who say "a free market does exist": I don't consider a market as strictly regulated in terms of manufacturing (FDA) as well as in pricing (at least in Germany, and IIRC in the US anywhere Medicare/Medicaid is involved) as a truly free market.
Not only that, but sick people are making choices that, while technically free choices, are typically dilemmas, Catch-22s, Hobson's choices or worse: Sophie's choice.