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In my view, the fact that we don't know, is a major part of the problem. Our system is such an entangled web of business entities, that we probably have no idea where the money is coming from and going to. Everybody says that somebody else is gouging us, which means that they're all probably gouging us.

And they are all invested in each others bags. For instance I've read that doctors are major investors in health providers, are often the owners of the expensive equipment, and also heavily invested in the malpractice insurance industry.

Half of billing is multiple businesses billing one another.

It seems quite possible that what makes government health care more efficient is simply knowing where the money is going, if it's all coming out of one checkbook.