The deal is, Mr. Clark, that people are finally waking up and making it our business. Doesn't the strong public reaction against this latest example of pharma's price gouging give you a clue? Or for that matter, the strong support of non-mainline candidates like Sanders and Trump?

Part of the problem is that some people confuse "freedom" with license to do whatever they want, regardless of the negative results to others.  It's far too easy for well-heeled interests like Big Pharma to influence government to tweak the system to their own advantage, while pooh-poohing or downright ignoring its deleterious effects on others.  That's what needs to change, for example by electing Margaret Stock to replace Alaska's bought-and-paid-for Senator Lisa in just over a couple months.