This is inevitable in a value based economy. And yes, there can be cost based economies. Something is terribly wrong when greed can legally come in the way of a sick person and their cure. There are too many solutions to this problem if you think about it. Government could sponsor all medical research and share the research to companies to manufacture based on cost based pricing. Companies can be restricted from increasing price of their drugs beyond what they were launched with. People should be allowed to freely import life saving drugs and equipments from other countries. The government has the solution, what is needed is a will to solve.