I believe there is an economic analysis I saw mentioned by Scott Alexander that basically the cost of healthcare can be predicted as a function of the quality of care and the wealth of the country.

Allegedly healthcare in the United States costs exactly as much as that formula would predict.

I don’t have a citation here, and if anyone has one that would be great.

But if it is true, we might be trying to fix something that isn’t broken in any of the ways people intuitively conclude.