1. It's actually an EXTRA $100 billion per year - "Because our doctors are paid, on average, more than $250,000 a year (even after malpractice insurance and other expenses), and more than 900,000 doctors in the country" - the TOTAL we spend is about ~$240 billion dollars
2. That is SALARY ONLY. You aren't including the fully loaded cost of doctors: many get large Christmas bonuses, company stock, health care - that could easily be an average of 75k more per doctor
2. You are wrong here. Click through to the source and you’ll find the number is for overall compensation, not just salary. E.g.:
For employed physicians,
patient-care compensation
includes salary, bonus, and
profit-sharing contributions.
For partners, this includes
earnings after taxes and
deductible business expenses
but before income tax.
I'd expect salaries to be an incomplete measure of where the money is going, and to whom.
I think the only way to get a true cost accounting of the health care system is to operate the whole thing. This may be why other countries have lower costs.