Maybe people are pissed off at higher costs and shittier service.
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/release/high-markup-hospitals-are-overwhelmingly-profit-located
Hospitals with the widest difference between the cost of their services and what they charge patients and their insurance carriers are mostly for-profit, investor owned and located in large metropolitan areas. They also have significantly worse patient outcomes compared with lower-cost hospitals, new UCLA research finds.
These “high-markup hospitals” (HMH), which comprised about 10% of the total the researchers examined, charged up to 17 times the true cost of care. By contrast, markups at other hospitals were an average of three times the cost of care.
Higher prices do not translate to higher quality or better care, she said. “In fact, patients at the highest markup hospitals faced greater complications and readmission rates. This raises concerns about fairness, transparency, and accountability in the health care system, particularly in the current era of value-based care.