sorry, but I must respond.
If say in my profession the gov. mandates all exams require a visual field exam. I don't provide that to all my patients at this time but my competitors do. My cost will go up due to the purchase of a new machine which will get passed on the the patients, and my competitors who already provide those test will see no fee increase for their patients. The bottom line is my original exam fees were lower than said competitor and now are closer to theirs. I can guarantee they were not providing that test at no cost to their patients and had a higher fee than myself to start with; so said theory doesn't hold water.