US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians

US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities, and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians

Concessions to the private sector are one reason why health care is so costly. FS Productions/Tetra images via Getty Images – By Zachary W. Schulz, Senior Lecturer of History, Auburn University Published: 2025 Jun 06 – A few years ago, a student …