The entire US healthcare system— doctors, hospitals, d--g manufacturers and the insurance companies are all complicit with the government. We live in a country where our very health is used as a ransom to enrich the medical, pharmaceutical and insurance systems. The industry, in turn, lobby the government to keep them depending on their donor money for re-election. It’s a vicious circle where one feeds the other at the expense of the citizenry. Other developed countries have adequate and cutting edge healthcare, but don’t have anywhere close the high costs seen in the United States. Is there any wonder? The answer is simple. In the US, we are held hostage by our own government and an industry that keeps taking more and more of our hard earned money. People need to wake up. This has got to end.
I may be off topic reposting this post from @WBXHdYa-gvyq , given that this is not a layoff-related subject, but the pos was on the on another thread on the Chevron board and I felt the OP made a good point.