The medical industry employs about 15 to 20 percent of all active US workers [0]. Some people read that and think it's a good thing, "wow, such job creators", like measuring software accomplishment by the number of lines.

No wonder my medical costs are so high. Every high premium and medical bill is my turn to personally support 20% of the nation. I wonder how much is left over for the doctor?

This will be difficult to solve because "make the system simpler and fire lots of people" is painful and not politically popular.

[0] https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/10/health-care-s...