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American healthcare has two problems: It's for profit, so they try to maximise the amount of money they get off patients.

And number two, the amount and cost of malpractice suits is staggering. This forces doctors to order ALL THE EXAMS for every single issue just to CYA for future malpractice cases.




Don't let hospitals lie to you. It's not malpractice and malpractice insurance.

https://carbonhealth.com/blog-post/why-is-u-s-healthcare-so-...


Most third world healthcare is for-profit. All the countries mentioned above are for-profit.




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