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Good reason to

1) be pleased that we haven't let price-gougers achieve regulatory capture yet

2) be frustrated that the predatory hospital/insurance ghouls have not been displaced by Medicare For All or an equivalent like they have in most other civilized nations

they aren’t gouging. gouging is a reaction to a disaster or event of some sort. hospitals always charge the absurd prices.

So if Arnold Arbitrage changes his name to Henry Hospital and always charges a high markup, that's A-Ok with you? This point of view seems inconsistent.

Big predators almost always prefer many soft targets to one big meal that can put up a fight.

The hospital has a legal team. Some jerk who's re-selling hand sanitizer at 5000% markup does not. They both deserve to be gone after but it should be obvious why the state prefers the latter.