“OK, just to be clear: you think it’s OK to make millions of dollars in business, as long as you don’t save any lives in the process?”
Not very clear. More like it’s ok to make millions of dollars in a life-saving business as long as you aren’t RIPPING PEOPLE OFF while doing it. When life-saving medicines are artifically fixed high through bribery or underhanded tactics, it’s no different than if you stuck a gun to their heads (”Pay up, or no meds and you pay with your life”), cleaned out their savings, and then expect them to be thankful after you take the gun away (give them the meds).
It's VERY different from putting a gun to their heads. But you socialists tend to confuse metaphors with reality.
So should we just go ahead and put some bureaucrat in charge of medicine prices? That's what Canada does. How many lifesaving drugs are invented in Canada?