Unfortunately, in the U.S., there are very few laws that are written to benefit the citizens. Almost all are written to monetarily benefit corporations, doctors, lawyers, etc. The legislators tend to benefit, in various ways, by the writing of these laws. This blending of government and big business, Corporatism, was what Mussolini defined as fascism - and he should know.
When you are ill, you are forced, in almost every case, to visit and pay a doctor to write a prescription for the supposedly needed medication.