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America’s healthcare system is dangerously insufficient in many places and failing the very people it was meant to protect. By 2038, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) warns that we will be short 141,160 physicians. Even today, we see this shortage play out in overcrowded emergency rooms and in rural counties without obstetric care. It shows up in burnt-out nurses leaving the profession and in a growing sense that healthcare can feel cold and transactional. If we want to fix America’s healthcare crisis, we have to stop pretending the repair begins in hospitals or insurance markets. The foundation of a healthier nation begins in our schools.