I think we all should thank you for this post. Here in Europe, we have good quality and free healthcare but there are some politicians pushing for more privatization. Sometimes we just forget that US is a rich country but there is the paradox of having such a poorly performing health care system which is accessible only to the rich people. So just as you said, "the US healthcare industry somehow manages to deliver poor quality care at ever increasing prices" while other industries improve their services or decrease the prize and keep the same quality. Moreover, I don't get why should I spend 100.000 $ for a surgery in US when I can do it in India for only 2000 $. Certainly, Trump will not help in improving it. He also seems to want to destroy ObamaCare that was the right direction for the healthcare sector in US.