Enlightening analysis of how the US #healthcare_system became so overpriced and inadequate: the #1980s adoption of #Reaganomics & #Chicago_School_Economics responded to needs of the #Market/#Shareholders rather than #Patients. We’re still suffering from that decision.
In this recent Harvard Gazette piece, John McDonough examines how decades of political and economic policy have shaped the rising costs, consolidation, and inequities of the U.S. healthcare system — and what meaningful reform will require.
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How to fix U.S. healthcare? ‘Radical action,’ says John McDonough. — Harvard Gazette
Chan School expert links soaring costs to broader policy shifts in ‘America’s Wrong Turn’
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August 26, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Enlightening analysis of how the US #healthcare_system became so overpriced and inadequate: the #1980s adoption of #Reaganomics & #Chicago_School_Economics responded to needs of the #Market/#Shareholders rather than #Patients. We’re still suffering from that decision.