I worked in this system for twenty years. Unfortunately, the drug and device makers and the insurance industry have some of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, lobbies in DC. This problem will never be solved unless the national mood shifts and we go to a single payer system. But I personally do not think it will ever change. Do you know how many insurance/drug/device maker sales people and managers earn either mid-6- or 7-figure incomes? I don't, but I do know it is a big number. Those people have too much to lose. Houses, cars, spouses, private schools for their kids, trips to Hawaii, on and on.

Our healthcare system is broken. We need to fix it.