Something I've always heard but not mentioned in this article is that America is a very litigious culture, everyone sues everyone for nearly any reason, which i

Something I've always heard but not mentioned in this article is that America is a very litigious culture, everyone sues everyone for nearly any reason, which is uncommon in most parts of the world, and doctors must have lots of malpractice insurance to guard against this; and when doctors pay a lot for insurance, they must increase their prices to help cover that, and the wheel spins that way.