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It's a small fraction: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3048809/#:~:text=Overall%20annual%20medical%20liability%20system,of%20total%20health%20care%20spending. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3048809/#:~:text=Ov... The bigger reason is profit-minded middlemen taking advantage of inelastic demand to jack up prices, a problem that does not exist in other countries.