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Re:My deadly disease was just a 23andme bug by mikeash on Monday November 25, 2013 @09:30PM (#6798705)
Inelastic demand doesn't imply infinite price as long as there's competition among suppliers.

Government subsidies on the demand side would put upward pressure on prices, but government subsidies on the supply side put downward pressure on prices, and there's a lot of supply-side subsidies.

Re:My deadly disease was just a 23andme bug by mistercow on Monday November 25, 2013 @10:18PM (#6798896)
I tend to agree, but to be fair, some of this would be mitigated if the market were truly free. For example, the lack of competition issue would be largely resolved in the absence of patents that grant long monopolies to single companies.