CharlieHall the number quoted by me was the actual number told to me by OBGYn, I would assume one of the differences is there practices (as in most cases) had multiple physicians resulting in increased patient capacity and increased risk btring up the cost.
In addition even if the number you quoted would be correct add rent, workplace insurance, cost of a secratary, physician assistant, and taxes and you can easily see why health care is so expensive.
As to Medical Care, the care that those in Texas recieve in Mexico is unavailible to the vast majority of Mexico citizens they are private not public doctors(this might be one of the reasons why the Mexican population is gradually relocating to the U.S)
As to malpractice why should it be impossible to sue a doctor? If one cannot sue there is nothing to weed out bad Doctors from the system, which is precisley the problem in Canada and other country’s with socilized medicine the amount of “bad doctors” is staggering.
Of course if the Government pays the bills since they write the laws as well they will limit lawsuits (again one of the problems with socilized medicine)
What does make sense is that lawsuits should be capped and there should be protections in place for honest to goodness mistakes that occurred through no fault of the Doctor.