Wow! - Who knew?
“You mean to tell me that an aspirin actually costs LESS than $38.
Wow! - Who knew?”
Inflated prices are not peculiar to the healthcare industry. When was the last time you went to buy a new car, and have to barter for the price you pay for it? Same gig. How about prices at the gas stations, and the markups all the way up and down the food chain. Keep complaining, but it’s systemic to societies throughout the world, not just here. Obviously is part of human nature to try to get the most money as possible, even if not always fair. If you want total fairness, then look to space aliens for relief because it hasn’t worked down here on earth since the Stone Age.
Look for workarounds whenever possible, rat out corruption when you find it, but don’t expect miracles. You are fighting human nature here.