What? I'm sorry but I have no idea how that translates.
Prices are "negotiated" is that not how business is done?
"In America, Medicare and Medicaid negotiate prices on behalf of their tens of millions of members and, not coincidentally, purchase care at a substantial markdown from the commercial average."
"So, is the answer to have some body in government or elsewhere set prices for all procedures? Kinda goes against the idea of a free market, but..." I'll finish the sentence..."It's not and it doesn't".
This "But outside that, it’s a free-for-all." is a stone cold lie. To think this is to be ignorant, ignorant to the massive amount of regulations and oversight. Oh, and bye the way, it's the Red team cryin' about rules and regulations. So are you saying that tighter regulations are needed? Because, yunno, it being a free-for-all. "often offering different prices to different insurers, and an even higher price to the uninsured." 
Walmart gets a special deal on everything.
Hello?