The free market is a poor model for providing healthcare. In an ideal free market, market forces work to find the optimum price for a product, depending on how much it costs to create the product, and how much people are willing to pay for it.
In healthcare, though, how much people are willing to pay for a product is anything, if it's the one thing they need to stay alive, or to reduce chronic pain, etc.
In healthcare, though, how much people are willing to pay for a product is anything, if it's the one thing they need to stay alive, or to reduce chronic pain, etc.