Do you actually have any evidence that substantiates your claim? Wild speculations and conspiracy theories should not have a place in discussions regarding serious matters.
Since you're so critical of conspiracies, though, I'd (genuinely) love your take on something that does require a conspiracy:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/opinion/cost-insurance-di...
(For me the Google amp link brought up the full article.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/opin...
).
Without a conspiracy, what keeps any drug company from selling cheap generic insulin in the United States?
The reason I ask is that I really don't think so many companies can cooperate on price-fixing so I am looking for any other alternative explanation besides an illegal price-fixing conspiracy which I think would be very difficult to pull off among so many players and laws making it illegal.
But the comment you replied to isn't like that and doesn't require a conspiracy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysine_price-fixing_conspira...
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/business/worldbusiness/12...
https://economics.yale.edu/sites/default/files/igamisugaya_1...
That’s just a few, and just the ones they caught. It’s very hard to prosecute this case, and the incentive to collude is huge.
And the comment is quite literally a theory on how someone is conspiring.
Asking for evidence that supports a hefty claim was never, at any point in time or space, dishonesty. It's in fact the basis for the scientific method, and the basis for laws against libel and slander.
Throwing personal attacks like yours, however, particularly while intentionally turning a blind eye to the lack of substance or support of a few claims based on a conspiracy theory, speaks volumes about you.