It's one of the answers. Certainly, the "free market" (which isn't free of
course) has a role also. However, left to only the free market, healthcare
costs would go up. This has already happened, so it's not really in
dispute.

Note the faulty liberal logic, a deceptive trick:

If A then B {A = healthcare left to free market, B = prices will go up}

We have B, so then A is true ===FALLACY

If Gaynz let syphillis go to his brain, he will become crazy. Gaynz is
crazy, so he has syphillis. No dispute!




Private companies have little incentive to lower costs. They're in it for
the shareholders.


Look at the cost of computers. The computer industry is a virtually
unregulated free market and over the years the costs have soared.

Healthcare costs have gone up by extraordinary measure! 50 years ago an MRI
costs $0.00. Today it costs about $1500. 1550/0 = infinite! There's the
free market at work!



Private companies have little incentive to lower costs. They're in it for
the shareholders.


Yet the Fed acts to head off deflation - falling prices!

Why can't these evil private companies take it upon themselves to shore up
prices to keep their greedy shareholders fat and happy?