> It is quite a remarkable coincidence that medical costs angled steeply upward immediately after heavy regulation and government involvement in it began.

Regulation didn't give people more money to spend on medicine. Offshoring jobs to China drive down prices of consumer goods to make more money available as a consumer surplus that could be captured by healthcare.

If the price of food increased, the price of housing, education, and medical care would decrease. Because the demand curve would change.

> A small competitor would have the capability to ruin your business with a small investment on their part. I bet they could finance it by shorting your stock.

That's a nice hypothetical that completely ignores all of financial theory AND history. If you ever start a company, let me know so I can short YOUR stock.