This isn't due to "heavy regulation", it's due to the free market.
Insurance companies have an incentive to make medical care as awful and inefficient as possible. There's a tug-of-war here: doctors want to provide the highest quality care as fast as possible; insurance companies want to provide the least amount of care as rarely as possible.
Well... they're the ones paying.
These doctors are struggling to deal with "regulations" - they're struggling to deal with insurance. The sheer administrative overhead of medical insurance is staggering. You can go ask doctors, any of them will tell you.
Insurance companies have an incentive to make medical care as awful and inefficient as possible. There's a tug-of-war here: doctors want to provide the highest quality care as fast as possible; insurance companies want to provide the least amount of care as rarely as possible.
Well... they're the ones paying.
These doctors are struggling to deal with "regulations" - they're struggling to deal with insurance. The sheer administrative overhead of medical insurance is staggering. You can go ask doctors, any of them will tell you.