The Covid-19 pandemic response has shown that the U.S. is blessed with heroic physicians and other health care providers, researchers, and facilities. But it has also revealed a health care system that was woefully unprepared for such a surge of patients. HBS professor Regina Herzlinger and Barak Richman contended that the primary blame rests on a hospital and insurance financial model geared towards providing high-priced services rather than meeting all demands for care. They then outline a plan for creating a hospital sector that can better respond to the population's health needs during a time of crisis. | 
