You're right. Healthcare is more cautious and more expensive. Housing is built to higher standards but with poorer quality materials, and uses more of the avail

You're right. Healthcare is more cautious and more expensive. Housing is built to higher standards but with poorer quality materials, and uses more of the available lot area for covered square footage, but is still more expensive on a per square footage basis despite using poorer materials. Neither are remarkably different in utility, but both have seen astronomical increases in cost.