Eating healthy is no easy task

One of the things that has become readily apparent since this diagnosis is that eating healthy, the way the doctor tells me I should, is an expensive proposition. Consider the cost of vegetables. A small flat of veggies costs around $4 .Deli meats, when gotten from the store deli, are about $10/lb. And the list goes on. It seems that the healthier the item, no matter what it is, the more expensive it is. My question is, why?
   Why should it cost so much to eat healthy? Now, granted, I am buying a lot of things pre-cut. And it would be cheaper if I bought the vegetables and chopped them myself. But the question remains. Why does it cost so much to buy the healthy food options? For comparison, consider how much food I could buy at Taco Bell for $4. I could buy at least 6 tacos for what it costs to buy one flat of vegetables. This is insane. And it's backwards. It's no wonder that so many people are being diagnosed with diabetes these days. When it's so expensive to buy the healthy food and so much cheaper to buy the things we know aren't good for us, no wonder so many people are choosing the bad foods. One would almost think it was a conspiracy between the food industry, the medical industry and Big Pharmaceuticals. You know, encourage people to buy the bad food so they get sick, and have to go to their doctor, and the doctor can then prescribe them medication. In this case, everyone wins, except consumers.
   Unfortunately, I don't have the answer to this vexing problem. And I don't really have the option of not following my healthy diet. But it seems to me something should be able to be done to make eating right more affordable. This is especially true when the health of so many Americans depends on it.