I agree with you but it's maybe worth pointing out it's even worse than your example.
It's as if not only was there a cap on the number of waiters, there were strict regulations about how you got your food, and that there couldn't be restaurants where you serve yourself, have buffets, or even that you could feed yourself cooked meals at home without going to a restaurant. All the menus have to be approved by a national food association etc etc etc.
There's so many factors involved in healthcare problems in the US it's impossible to pin it on just one thing or even a couple of things. I also feel like the public discourse seems to be largely out of sync with just how much change is needed to how things are done.
I kind of thought the pandemic might have created an emergency situation that would have leveled the status quo and allowed for a restructuring of things along the lines that's needed, but its seemed like it just barely held on and then went back to things as usual.
To me, it was the biggest example of why we need at least partial (say 50%) domestic production and to require at least dual sourcing (which would require licensing). Which would have the side effect of at least some competition. I'm also less than convinced the term for Patents is appropriate for a lot of industries today in general.
Not to mention restrictions on negotiated rates by medicare and other agencies. I'd personally like to see all Govt employees, Veterans and Medicare replaced by a non-profit insurance corp, that is able to negotiate and establish baseline care, without eliminating private coverage, but anyone can buy the public plan (employers etc) as a way of leveling (some) competition.
As it is, the recent South Park special does a relatively good job of demonstrating how messed up the system is.
It's as if not only was there a cap on the number of waiters, there were strict regulations about how you got your food, and that there couldn't be restaurants where you serve yourself, have buffets, or even that you could feed yourself cooked meals at home without going to a restaurant. All the menus have to be approved by a national food association etc etc etc.
There's so many factors involved in healthcare problems in the US it's impossible to pin it on just one thing or even a couple of things. I also feel like the public discourse seems to be largely out of sync with just how much change is needed to how things are done.
I kind of thought the pandemic might have created an emergency situation that would have leveled the status quo and allowed for a restructuring of things along the lines that's needed, but its seemed like it just barely held on and then went back to things as usual.