> US healthcare industry needs to drop more non-essential workers, and invest more in workers that produce value.

Only problem is you can’t destroy the jobs program. Someone pointed out to me that the job market is propped up nearly by healthcare alone.

For someone without and particular skills, credentials, network, medical industry jobs provide one of the last few steps to a stable, middle class life that’s also accessible to working class. In other words, it’s one of the last vessels for any sort of social mobility.