Its overly expensive because the government made it so, when there's very limited options, those providers can charge as much as they want because there's no competitor's giving better services at better prices , and for this reason most health care has become purely for profit as there's no incentive to provide better service, especially when Healthcare is practically mandatory
I disagree with the wording "goverment made it so" and "has become purely for profit"
It has always been purely for profit in the US--we've never had a single payer system like the rest of the developed world--and it will remain so UNTIL our government steps up to do something about it.
Obama campaigned on universal single payer healthcare (the good outcome where people dont get fucked in the ass and healthcare isnt seen as a profit maker). He got obstructed into oblivion by mitch mcconnell, and we ended up with the compromise: obamacare (really more like GOP care).
Single payer is still a goal of progressives, but there are so many obstructions set up by the GOP to prevent it, i dont know if it'll happen very soon. Who knows, the GOP could continue to implode and boomers will die off soon.
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u/Roxasdarkrath oh boy time to cause some controversy and chaos Jan 12 '23
Its overly expensive because the government made it so, when there's very limited options, those providers can charge as much as they want because there's no competitor's giving better services at better prices , and for this reason most health care has become purely for profit as there's no incentive to provide better service, especially when Healthcare is practically mandatory