At some point, the price of a thing is related to the resources a person can bear on a task. People are priced out of better lives all the time - cars, jobs, where they live, what they eat. Its the way society works. To make medicine a special case, with the govt providing infinitely deep pockets, is irrational. Inconsistent with how we run everything else anyway.<p>Yes I believe studying, working, getting ahead <i>ought to</i> give me and my family a better life. Else what&#x27;s the point? Its not just a game with points; its survival. Its supposed to work that way. If money doesn&#x27;t buy the most important things, then we need some new system of exchange that <i>does</i> buy important things.