Here is my question. Why does it all cost so much? I had a small injury that required 8 stitches. The total cost for 15 minutes to put them in and 10 minutes a week later to take them out came to...$3000! My insurance covered $1700 leaving me to pay $1300 for a random act despite last time went to the doctor was 6 years past.
I see people at the top of hospitals and people providing equipment making great money, often some of the wealthiest people in small towns. The margins on many aspects of visits (even things you do not use) are staggering. Health care has managed to avoid market pressure factors where every other industry took a hit in 2008/2009 health care prices steadily climbed. We are being held hostage because if you don't do business with establishments (that don't compete in any way) you can die.
We pay twice in the US to what comparable other industrialized nations do. Yet the care provided is roughly the same to them. Yet, it seems that the question over and over is "how to pay for this" rather than "why does this cost so much"?
If anyone had insight I'd be genuinely curious.