It's criminal. The entire doctors profession is the reason why the US is so expensive.

It's cartel based regulations by the AMA. Everything about being a doctor is gate kept. Prescriptions, test results, even becoming a doctor is artificially made harder than it needs to be to keep prices high.

One doctor on HN told me why patients could only get test results through another appointment with the doctor. I thought it was because the docs wanted more money. He told me it was because patients can misinterpret results and go suicide. Yeah makes total sense treating patients like simpletons to keep the money funneling in. Suicide?. Give me a break.