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The modern American healthcare system occurred following World War II, with the passage of the [[Hill–Burton Act|Hill-Burton Act]], Medicare, Medicaid, and most recently, the [[Affordable Care Act]]. The latter social programs attempt to diminish the disparity of populations with difficulties maintaining health insurance, but does not attempt to reduce the private sector. The medical-industrial complex endeavors to reconcile the modern healthcare establishment with the long term health inequalities.
Many authors discuss the MIC in a negative light, focusing on how the MIC perpetuates the oppression and disablement of marginalized groups of people. Such authors include [https://history.illinois.edu/directory/profile/rhogarth Rana A. Hogarth], [[Eli Clare]], and [[Francis Galton|Francis Galton.]]
[[File:Francis Galton 1850s.jpg|thumb|Francis Galton, in a black and white picture, seated on a chair in a suit. ]]
'''Francis Galton''' was a statistician who helped to developed the idea of eugenics in 1904. Galton defined eugenics as “the science which deals with all influences that improve and develop the inborn qualities of a race” with the goal of “represent[ing] each class or sect by its best specimens, causing them to contribute more than their proportion to the next generation.”<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |date=2022-09-28 |title=How Nature contributed to science’s discriminatory legacy |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03035-6 |journal=Nature |volume=609 |issue=7929 |pages=875–876 |doi=10.1038/d41586-022-03035-6 |issn=0028-0836}}</ref> Galton’s concept of eugenics soon propagated ideas that certain groups of people, whether they were distinguished by race, ability, or socioeconomic status, were superior to others. Renowned journals, such as ''Nature,'' published work by Galton and other eugenicists, thereby making it easier for eugenics to become a legitimate field in science.<ref name=":5" />
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