[kerkeslager]

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.

[lotsofpulp]

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.