Right. Medicare lit the fuse of medical care inflation.
My wife recently returned from a visit to S Africa. While there she needed treatment for dehydration due illness.
Went to a clinic (no waiting)—needed two IVs. Was attended to by a Dr.
Total fee was two hundred in US dollars. Being very familiar with typical fees in US as of late I can say equivalent charge in US would have been north of two thousand plus and a long wait in emergency care.