When in an affluent society like that of America, we have a patient
named Christopher, out of desperation, is crying out for help in this
group because he does not have medical insurance, one could imagine
what kind of foul-up the US medical system is facing.
In addition, one could deduce that while the private medical care in
the US is amongst the best in the world, it state-owned medical care
system either does not exist or exists in shamble.

An important cause why the medical care is expensive is due to the
shortage of doctors.  People are reluctant to take up medical
profession because of many reasons.  These include: high investment
cost of going to medical school, frivolous law suits against doctors,
the medical monopoly that restricts the supply of doctors, the lack of
economic incentive, etc..  Whatever it is, the end result is the same:
misfortune to the patients.

FP