I find it surprising that the US is seen as strongly free market when things like this crop up all over the place.

Here's a video of someone failing to get pricing in advance for a medical procedure and an article about how many simple tasks need licences.

The fact that a lot of areas only have 1 broadband provider blows my mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tct38KwROdw

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/02/17/america-should-...

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/50-mi...