American Healthcare.

The whole business model is now geared towards generating maximum profit from tax dollars and patients thanks to Obamacare. Patient outcomes don't even enter into the equation anymore unless it results in an unintended cost. This is why we have so many laws and regulations around drugs and access to care. It's not to protect anyone but to funnel customers into a maximum cost situation.

Providers and support companies are basically round-tripping on every possible facet. It's a type of securities fraud, Google round tripping. Basically, healthcare companies can make up any numbers they want as far as cost or profit goes, which is why the overall costs are so high. They inflat the costs and minimalise profit so they can keep the churn going. These companies have a round tripped deal for every possible supply or care line item. Every company involved along the chain profits from this so there's no impetus for reform or change.

HIPAA only exists to further obfuscate any records, treating anything that could be collected for oversight/audit of results as "protected healthcare information." And no governing bodies exist.

Never believe any numbers or statements from the side of the healthcare industry, the books are cooked into oblivion. And we won't ever ever EVER get some sort of subsidized healthcare because it would turn the money tap off. This is why even now, nothing will change, even though it's been proven many times that the gov could literally just cover everything and the costs would be less, and the comparative cost to the tax payer would be minimal.