The US by far operates the most expensive health care system in the world. It is also one of the most corrupt. Below, one of the country’s leading health care economists, Eric Bricker, MD, provides examples:
32 Examples of Deception, Exploitation and Scams in Healthcare – Dr. Eric Bricker
Dear Congress and Trump Administration: The US ‘medical-industrial complex’ needs to be cleaned up and trimmed down. Its ever-rising costs come out of American workers’ paychecks and taxes. Instead of getting warnings that are not enforced, Medicare and Medicaid contractors repeatedly cheating and defrauding should face consequences that might change their behavior, including prison sentences for their executives.
How Lincare Became a Multibillion-Dollar Medicare Scofflaw – ProPublica
Profit Over Patients? the $2 Billion Medicare Loophole Officials Failed to Close – msn
2025 Medicare Part B premium increase outpaces both Social Security COLA and inflation – USA Today
The US health care system does not serve large swaths of the population.
The Uninsured Population and Health Coverage – KFF
Indiana ranks #4 in mental health care deserts – Stacker