Here's a Reason article on the origins of the US healthcare system: https://reason.com/2020/04/05/how-doctors-broke-health-care/ https://reason.com/2020/04/05/h

Here's a Reason article on the origins of the US healthcare system: https://reason.com/2020/04/05/how-doctors-broke-health-care/ https://reason.com/2020/04/05/how-doctors-broke-health-care/ The origin of the current system was in the AMA and insurance companies lobbying to make everything except health insurance illegal, trampling all over the system put in place by employers, unions, and mutual aid societies.