One big way to help lower costs in the US is to get the government out of the medical business completely. No more control from the government at all. Let all this happen at the doctors or hospital offices only.
Remember a doctors office a few years back, open the door and be told the doctor is in, sign your name and wait till your turn if no appointment. No huge staff needing paid or directions by the office head person. Prices were reasonable then, a few dollars if nothing serious like a surgery was to happen.
Doctors would also come to the house if called. Made it hard for some hospitals to get enough business to stay open.
Some where between what it was and what we have today. We have a doctor, and office manager, two or three nurses for all the testing and preparations, and a staff for preparing all the paper work to give the patient and for transferring to the government for review and proper filling in. Is the doctor even on one tenth of the cost of medication any more?
