Health care in the USA: money has become the mission
10/24/25 at 03:00 AM
Health care in the USA: money has become the mission
The Lancet; by Adam Gaffney, Steffie Woolhandler, David U Himmelstein, Danny McCormick; 10/21/25
Despite extraordinary scientific and medical resources, the US health-care system underperforms. In this Review we consider the damage wrought by decades of market-based policies that have stimulated profit-seeking by insurers and health-care providers.