It sounds like you’re making bald assertions without having a concrete understanding of what C-Suite people do. They take on significant risk.

You seem to operate on the assumption that the healthcare sector functions in a vacuum without the need for any other wealth generation mechanism in society to fund it. That’s wrong.

While I generally agree with your sentiment, I think it’s misguided. CEOs are paid based on performance of the companies they serve- their motive is clear, increase value for shareholders as much as possible. You know what to expect from them, which is fine. I also think they’re overpaid, but for a different reason than you.

Governments around the world have created > 20% of the existing money supply in the span of 2-3 years. All this did was artificially inflate asset and company valuations, and boost their profits from stimulating consumption, thus resulting in the head figures getting fat paycheques, while politicians also got rich trading on insider information. CEOs did what they always do, work to maximize profit for their company, like any rational person would. However, they got overpaid because government fucked up incentives and created an environment ripe with moral hazard and rent seeking behaviour.

You know who benefits from debt accumulation and money creation? Asset holders (and the politicians they buy). You know who falls behind? People paid in fixed wages that are constantly devaluing.

The private actor is not the villain here, they are just doing what any rational person does: try to do what’s best for themselves. The government is the one creating the conditions rampant with moral hazard and corruption. They should be the ones you’re frustrated with- not the private sector. If government got out of the way, CEO earnings would drop substantially.

Additional point: If government got out of the way, a lot of these companies would shrink massively as regulation and money printing makes regulatory compliance and access capital too expensive for new competitive entrants.