It is highly dubious that this is some feature of the expense of medical care in the US. For example, it&#x27;s generally recommended that for surgery, you actually want to see a doctor who works in the public system (in Australia, my country) because for routine procedures the guy who does them everyday, all the time, is probably a lot better at it then the guy who can choose his cases.<p>The US has a <i>giant</i> population with first-world levels of funding from the government - it&#x27;s fairly likely that care quality is simply the intersection of population and experience. But you pay more from the government per person, and get less. Your system and outcomes should be <i>so much better</i> and you all should be angry about that. It&#x27;s just at some level of size and overall budget, you get a lot despite being inefficient.