re: How Corrupt Is Our Healthcare System?

Two problems I have with your answer.

1. I get that the equipment they use is expensive. But that is an asset that belongs to them, and not a direct overhead cost. It shouldn’t factor into the exorbitant price tag placed on a lot of procedures. I get that they have to get paid for, but let’s not pretend that doctors are barely scraping by. They are millionaires making hundreds of thousands (if not millions) per year.

2. I also get that there is an expertise involved that you pay for. But again, we’re talking major inflation in the price tag on that expertise. More than major. More like ridiculous. It’s almost sinful how much they charge. And keep in mind what we pay for is just a fraction, and insurance is paying a lot more than what we pay. So doctors are making a shitload for each patient.

I don’t expect doctors to do what they do and be living middle class and living check to check, but somewhere in between where they are now and that is what I would expect.

That plays into how fricked up our healthcare system is and is why people aren’t in a hurry to run to the doctor to be healthy. Because the doctor is throwing out this way over the top price on what you pay, and then use the excuse, “well, it’s your life at stake!”