[Superman]

Okay. It sounds like medical service organizations (hospitals, clinics, etc.) tweak their billing and pricing system to address these costs. Similarly, medical insurance companies make pricing and coverage decisions that suit their bottom lines. Without a say in how this system is structured, our role (the public) is to....pay for it all. It sounds like we have a unique system here. A different kind of socialized medicine system, said to be the most expensive of all developed countries. Hmmmm....