Basic economics 101: increased demand will drive up prices. Higher prices will induce new competitors into the market, increasing supply and lowering prices. T

Basic economics 101: increased demand will drive up prices. Higher prices will induce new competitors into the market, increasing supply and lowering prices. That is, of course, how an actual free market works. Healthcare is far from a free market, so instead of embracing the opportunity for growth of the Canadian economy, we get responses like the one above.