[cogman10]

> There are too many layers in the system making a fortune off the public's back while adding little to no actual value.

Yeah, it basically all comes down to the bureaucratic nightmare that ultimately benefits the owners of all things medical. Prices have nothing to do with the value of the good or service and everything to do with the maximum amount of profit that can be extracted from a 3rd party.

One of the worst moves in the last 30 years was Clinton adding private insurance options onto Medicare. In the last 60 years was making medicaid a state run program rather than a national program (or just medicare all together). It's actually crazy that we have 53 different government healthcare options. 1 for every state, medicare, and the VA. It's even more crazy that the government doesn't simply directly employ doctors and medical equipment. It's so crazy inefficient to involve 3rd and 4th parties into something that should be direct care.

The US remains one of the only wealthy nations in the world without nationalized healthcare. And we pay through it through the nose.