I'm saying that a doctor's contribution to society is a lot more than a health insurance CEO's and yet that is not reflected in their salary.
It wouldn't surprise me if doctor pay was a larger factor in healthcare costs. But doctor salaries are an inherent cost of healthcare, and while we can certainly lower their salaries, it's not entirely clear to me what a fair salary would be.
Health insurance CEOs, and indeed most of what a health insurance company does, are not only not inherent costs, but active blights on the healthcare system. A fair salary would be zero, with fines for literally killing people. So they're much higher priorities than doctors for the axe.
You are welcome to figure out a way to allocate society’s resources in a way that results in everyone having access to healthcare without the use insurance companies and actuaries.
As far as I can tell, there does not exist a sufficient quantity of healthcare supply to meet the demand, hence the high prices. Without increasing the supply of healthcare, the conversation is moot.
It wouldn't surprise me if doctor pay was a larger factor in healthcare costs. But doctor salaries are an inherent cost of healthcare, and while we can certainly lower their salaries, it's not entirely clear to me what a fair salary would be.
Health insurance CEOs, and indeed most of what a health insurance company does, are not only not inherent costs, but active blights on the healthcare system. A fair salary would be zero, with fines for literally killing people. So they're much higher priorities than doctors for the axe.