> Everyone is always asking why US healthcare is so expensive. People blame it on the insurance companies and the hospitals, but my theory is it’s the providers

> Everyone is always asking why US healthcare is so expensive. People blame it on the insurance companies and the hospitals, but my theory is it’s the providers. I worked at Vanderbilt on their payroll system, and I would regularly see general practitioners making $350,000 a year, and this was 15 years ago! It wasn’t uncommon to see teaching doctors getting paid a million dollars. I agree it's the providers which are most at fault. Hospitals (as well as drug companies) are providers too though not just doctors. It's hospitals that are charging $4,000 a night for a hospital room and $50 for 2 tylenol which you can pick up at Walgreens for $4 for a 24-pack. Actual examples from my hospital bill when I had my appendix removed a few years ago. The total came to about $50k, of which I believe the portion that went to doctors and surgeons was about $10-15k.