Well fine let us know how effective the lieyers are in treating physical afflictions.
You know what would bring healthcare costs way down? If we got rid of health insurance and government provided healthcare costs would drop through the floor. Hardly anyone would be able to afford healthcare. Heathcare providers and pharmaceutical companies would have to compete on costs. They don't really have to do that today and haven't for decades. The government and insurance companies have set the minimum prices basically. They've got all the money and the game has been for healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies to figure out how to get as much of that money as possible. They aren't really competing on price like most who supply goods or services. This has driven costs way out of hand over the last few decades. And of course the insurance companies have contributed as well. They've acted as middlemen paying our money to healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies and taking a huge and increasing cut for themselves and requiring patients to pay an increasing share out of their own pockets even though their insurance premiums keep going up at a rate that far out paces normal inflation. Everyone involved, the people who provide the drugs, medical equipment, etc., are trying to get a piece of this massive insurance and government money pie. Everything is becoming incredibly expensive, like the stories we hear about the government paying a thousand bucks for a toilet seat for a submarine or whatever in their defense contracts. The system is a clusterf%&*. It doesn't work like a normal free market system and hasn't for a long time now.
I don't have the answer to the problems we are facing. I'm not recommending we do away with health insurance. It's too late for that now. It's a necessary evil. We've got to do something though to contain costs. Somehow or another basic healthcare needs to be affordable.