They are to be demonized. The medical industry sucks the wealth out of the nation by using fee for service instead of fee for outcome....
The pharmaceutical and Med/Tech industries suck the wealth out of the country by using our tax dollars to help with R&D(not to mention all those donations that things like pretty pink ribbons brings in) and they in turn, gouge the consumer with hyper inflated prices while the rest of the world gets them at a minimal markup.
That's not free market capitalism.... that's corporate vampirism. Socialize the costs....privatize the profits
As far as the rest of your post? Pure right wing hackery.
Regardless of your warped worldview, this is how our system works. Capitalists provide a product or service based on demand, and price is established based on
cost to provide. Price is
never determined on outcome. IF I sell you a dozen eggs, and they spoil before you eat them, you are not entitled to a refund. If I sell you a Lexus and you drive it into the lake, you don't get your money back. The Lexus doesn't cost you less money if you tell me you intend to drive it in a lake, and I am not obligated to sell it to you for less because of this.
You keep talking about "gouging" and "greed" as if capitalism operates in a vacuum. It doesn't. There are other capitalists out there, looking to capitalize on a need, if the need is a capitalist who doesn't "gouge" and isn't "greedy" that's what the capitalist will provide, and he will be wildly successful in the endeavor. It's called FREE MARKET capitalism. It means you are FREE to go out there and provide a better service or product, whether that means lower cost, better service, more availability, wider selection, or whatever else the consumer wants and demands. This ability to FREELY compete, eliminates excessive "gouging" or "greed" because another capitalist will capitalize.
Now... the Socialist system you want, doesn't provide for this competition at all, it is solely controlled by a central government agency and we get whatever we get. If we're not happy about it... tough shit. No one is going to come along and offer us a better deal, because you've killed free market capitalism. Since the Socialist system is the only game in town, they can become as "greedy" and "gouging" as they want to be, because they have no competition.
The things you keep mouthing about greed and gouging from capitalists, is a REALITY when you have total Socialism. It's the FREE MARKET which discourages the greed and gouging, because there is competition. Without this, you have the people who control things, and they get everything their hearts desire at the expense of the consumer, who has to settle for whatever minimum the Socialist is inclined to deliver, and if we don't like that... tough fucking shit!