Candy bars are an indulgence that someone can live without. There are times in someone’s life where healthcare is necessary to continue living.

I think you’ve misunderstood the comparison with candy bars. Many medicines that health insurance companies charge through the nose for are sold for very little, sometimes pennies a dose, in other countries.

Insulin doesn’t actually cost that much to make. Two to four dollars a dose.

Paracetamol is dirt cheap. In the UK it can bought for as cheap as a penny a tablet, and that’s twenty times what it costs to make.

The insurance companies charge stupid prices for them though, despite them being of similar production costs as candy.