[maxxxxx]

"The problem with our healthcare system is that too much money goes to drug companies, medical device makers, and insurance companies and not enough makes it to the people actually providing the care. "

The surgeons I see through work have very nice houses and 100k+ cars so they are part of this.

[wlesieutre]

You can thank the American Medical Association for their work on artificially limiting the number of doctors. I've read some accounts that they're now trying to fix this, but it's not something you can just fix in a year or two.

[cjalmeida]

To add some data to your anecdote.

Median surgeon salary in CA is $400K. In UK, a surgeon gets about $100K.