Reason had an article on the origins of the US system in AMA lobbying: https://reason.com/2020/04/05/how-doctors-broke-health-care/ https://reason.com/2020/04/0

Reason had an article on the origins of the US system in AMA lobbying: https://reason.com/2020/04/05/how-doctors-broke-health-care/ https://reason.com/2020/04/05/how-doctors-broke-health-care/ I always wondered why medical insurance was so tightly integrated into the US. The answer is that it was done on purpose, deliberately, by doctors seeking to prevent existing institutions like unions and mutual aid societies providing healthcare as a commodity.