Trust me I enjoy life in Japan and Germany to the fullest, two socal market economies that strongly regulate businesses and public utilities and all services that are dear to citizens. The system works pretty well. Not perfect as no system is perfect but I would never want to switch with you. Not even if you gave me a visa for free. To each his own. I just think if we walk around and still stick to stupid brainwash like "my country is the greatest country in the world since sliced bread" we greatly miss out in our arrogance to learn from others, because there are always some things we do better than others but also some things others do better than us. It's sheer arrogance of people thinking their democracy is the best in the world, their definition of happiness is the best in the world. If that was the case your people would not in majority run around as obese fuxxs nor tear each other apart just because you have different political convictions. If you reflected on that and could say that you can also learn from Mexicans and Canadians then you would have made a great leap forward.
I don't think I can attach a specific price to it but it should be a reasonable amount that leaves a solid living to the medical doctor, a solid profit to the hospital, a solid profit to the insurance company. Not insanely inflated prices just because the hospital or medical doctor can charge for it. The price for such procedure at Mt Sinai should not be much different from a hospital in Columbus, OH, slightly adjusted for different cost of living. That price would then be affordable in terms of insurance premiums paid into a national pot by everyone and used for such procedures. Why does it work in Germany or Japan but not in the US? Because a regulator sets the price a hospital or doctor can charge for it. Without such regulation what holds back hospitals or doctors charging 10 times fair value? Nothing.
For someone that doesn't live in this country, you do you a healthy amount of interest in what goes on here.
what is a solid living and who decides? Who/what ensures that there will always be an adequate supply of doctors? How much should a truck driver that delivers medical supplies to the hospital be paid? You still can't answer the question, How much should it cost to fix a broken arm? Is that what you write on your estimates, Reasonable. ???
Sure and why not. I learned a lot from my time in the US, good and bad. Wonderful hospitality and friendly folks.