The expected market response should have been a flood of alternatives at 1/100 or even 1/10 the price since the base ingredient costs pennies. But these 'ideal'

The expected market response should have been a flood of alternatives at 1/100 or even 1/10 the price since the base ingredient costs pennies. But these 'ideal' market scenarios that are in public interest rarely come through. What we often get instead are completely self serving and crafty efforts in collusion with 'ngos' and lobbyists to leech tax payer subsidies and 'force' it onto institutions via legislation. This pattern is repeated so often and widely its predictable. Also predictable is framing it as a capitalism vs socialism issue to trigger and distract while the corruption continues unabated. The problem is healthcare is critical. If your checks and balances and idealised system does not work you risk letting people feed on others desperation and create demons. And these sociopaths then multiply within your society killing it from within. This is the biggest argument for socialized healthcare.