It's not. Name another industry/market where you can't know the price of what you're buying (even an estimate) before you buy it. Every other developed countr

It's not. Name another industry/market where you can't know the price of what you're buying (even an estimate) before you buy it. Every other developed country has a better system than ours. Every one. And for those who say "oh, well wait times are so much higher" - well you can get supplemental insurance in many of those countries as well - so the baseline isn't abysmal, but wealthy can get even better.