Why does medical equipment cost so much money?

>>56022702
Because people don't care, insurance will pay for it!

Insurance companies + People will pay anything for health
In countries with nationalised health systems, medical care is MUCH cheaper.

There's usually a certification process that make it hard for new companies to enter the market and the certification process is usually expensive so manufacturers just pass the cost to consumers. Also, people tend to stick with brands/products so it makes it double hard to find a footing. You're not going to buy a product that's responsible for life and death just because it's 10% than the competition. Established companies know this so they charge a premium to fatten up profits.

Also the sticker price on most medical equipment is just a starting point, you usually haggle it way down (or at least your insurance company does). Only an idiot pays sticker price for anything, medical or not.

>>56022748
Only a line of 2 years to get surgery for a broken arm!

>>56022702
Because they have to live up to strict standards. Imagine the shitstorm if something happened to a patient due to equipment malfunctioning. That and >>56022809

>>56024507
This, plus it's not commercial equipment. A lot of these things aren't as high production as normal electronics, so they cost a lot more.

>>56022702
Will this device make my brain sqrt(7) times slower?

>>56022819
No americuck, NHS has 2 week wait for cancer surgery AND you have to option to go private (!) and get it done quickly for 20K. stay cucked by "insurance"companies and for profit hacks.
>>56024507
no there is great open source stuff out there on cc license, but retarded direction rather pay out of the nose for perceived quality...

some stuff is literally overprice because of muh patents

>>56022702
High development costs, low number of sales.

>>56022819
sweden?