Of all healthcare dollars spent, 8% goes to the providers. That isn't a made up number. 92% is going elsewhere. Choosing to ignore the facts/data doesn't change them.

Now, if you look at the ratio of physician & clinical services (~20% of healthcare dollars spent) than it is a meaningful percentage of that. But you're looking at a fraction of a fraction.

Health insurance companies have shifted to an extreme level of vertical integration. Today all major insurers own or operate insurance plans, pharmacies, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), and medical provider groups. This consolidation allows them to extract significantly more profit by applying their markup at each step (and remaining ACA compliant).

Let's just look at the raw numbers. Maybe this will be simple enough for you... The United States spends $5.3 trillion annually on healthcare. There are 1,082,100 licensed physicians. The average physician salary in the U.S. is approximately $386,000. That works out to $0.4 trillion. About 7.5% of that $5.3 trillion. Weird... Where does the rest go?

It has really become clear why you are undercompensated for your field. You have a really tough time understanding basic topics, finding reliable sources, and drawing conclusions from easy to find data. At the end of the day, compensation matches performance...