The structure of the US healthcare system is a direct consequence of how the government managed the WW2 build-up. Many people would assert that this was an extr

The structure of the US healthcare system is a direct consequence of how the government managed the WW2 build-up. Many people would assert that this was an extraordinarily damaging adverse outcome of "state management" that still causes very expensive and enormous problems going on a century later. The history of state management is rife with adverse unintended consequences due to rampant short-sighted application of state power.