You hit the nail right on the head. And I concede you are also correct that some Republicans are complicit in this.
In the words of the great George Putnam: "We are living in the age of insanity."
I don't think a lot of them really know who's behind a lot of this stuff.
Try doing a Google search on "Robert Wood Johnson Foundation" and "Clinton Health Care Task Force". Then try substituting PDFA or DARE for "Clinton Health Care Task Force". An NGO, directly tied to the pharm industry, funding an agenda to put as much of your health care as possible into the hands of the government, and them in a position to directly influence the bureaucrats involved.