Every step of the process is for profit. No surprise we spend more than countries with government medicine.
Every step of the process is for profit.
That's capitalism at its finest.
I hope you are not advocating "government medicine".
Here's some examples of "government medicine" at its finest:
According to the article above, the wait time for hip replacements in Canada is "12 to 18 months".
According to the link above wait time for bypass surgery in the UK is about 2 months.