Medical institutions have been kept onboard with massive increases in revenue that subsequently led to expansions of the institutions that are now dependent on that higher revenue to exist.

My dad told me in the 90s to avoid injury because the family could not afford healthcare. I distinctly recall hospital bills being in the tens of thousands even back then.

I doubt newer cancer care, medicines, imaging, or other care would be cheap in any world, with or without insurance.

Of course, because the root problem in the US is most people cannot afford the healthcare that they expect to receive. Hence all the political maneuvering to redistribute wealth, and the corresponding efforts to avoid having one’s (present or future) wealth redistributed.

That's false, but why let the truth get in the way?

The limitation on doctors in the U.S. is based on the available funding for residents. The government supplies the money because private institutions largely are unwilling to do so.

Government regulations have been dragging back price of care for ages. Multi-month waiting lines to see a doctor are largely about price ceilings. If docs could price up, their waiting lists would go down commensurately.

Constrained physician supply doesn't do much when physicians can't raise prices in the face of greater demand.

People in these discussions always make things about physician costs. The majority of expenditures in the healthcare system are on drugs and equipment, followed by procedures - physician visits make up a tiny fraction of that.