> The defenders of the system are entirely medical workers

No, that's not correct. Doctors and nurses largely despise the US system. They are incredibly overworked and streched too thin to provide great care (and most of them are in it at least partially because they enjoy caring for people).

The US system only benefits the middlemen who provide no healtcare value: insurance companies and hospita/clinic adminitrators.

Doctors like it enough to spend 490 million dollars to keep it in place

https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/top-spenders?cy...

Are medical workers even that loud a defender of the system? A lot of providers are burnt out and leaving the profession due to being overworked.