> The money goes all over the place, everybody gets their cut, prices are almost never lowered because competition doesn’t properly exist, and things get more e

> The money goes all over the place, everybody gets their cut, prices are almost never lowered because competition doesn’t properly exist, and things get more expensive. no quibble with the theme of your post overall, but to clarify: US physician wages have been decreasing in real terms since the 1980s. So, prices go up, but the dollars go elsewhere.