The US government managed to screw things up, royally.
We have managed to create the WORST of two worlds.
You have the government today basically in the background running healthcare through a “standard of care” they get to define. That’s the American approach to rationing health care and controlling costs. This standard of care is defined through the NIH, DEA, and FDA mostly.
BUT, then you have a private store front, businesses trying to maximize their profits, hospitals, big pharma, doctors, insurance companies. That’s where you get the 5 different bills from for a simple outpatient procedure where they try to creatively figure out what they can charge for.
What the US really created and it went absolutely crazy under the Obama era, is a mediocre Western style socialized health care system (it’s rationed care) that’s really expensive.
Correctamundo to all.
And Congress couldn’t care less.
We do not nearly despise Congress enough.