@teto @dbattistella There will always be people who cannot afford the product, as companies optimize to increase profit.

The failure here is that of the state, that has a duty of care to its citizens, since the product in question is of a medical nature.

This is price gouging, and in some cases this can be actionable, people get sued for this sort of thing.
This definitely should be such a case.

@teto @dbattistella Bernie is a typical champagne socialist, and should be hung by the neck until dead.

America should not be more like Europe.
Europe is currently a dead horse in many respects, economically, militarily, technologically, and culturally.

With all the problems in the US medical system, and there are many, Brits and Canadians fly to the US to undergo surgeries, and cancer survival rates in the US are pretty good as well.
No system is perfect, and occasionally we hear about cases like this, which should be addressed, but overall the US has it pretty good.