[Ididntdothis]

This is the crazy thing about discussions like cost of education or health care. Where does the f....ing money go? Nobody seems to know or care.

[ummonk]

Yup. And in healthcare most of the focus is on Pharma (which is certainly profitable and gouging Americans but is a small piece of the pie) and insurance companies (which don’t even make much profits), but not on hospitals which constitute around 70% of healthcare costs.

[Ididntdothis]

“which don’t even make much profits”

You don’t have to make profit to waste a lot of money.

[blang]

I think the answer to both tends to be "administration costs"