In this episode, AI hosts Sofia and David explore the deep systemic flaws driving our health system, focusing on how short-termism, individualism, profits, and elitism undermine health, equity, and efficiency. They discuss how the system prioritizes immediate results over long-term investments, individual responsibility over collective well-being, and profit motives over patient outcomes, often at the expense of marginalized communities. Through powerful examples, like a neurosurgeon’s viral resignation and the undervaluation of community health workers, they highlight the human cost of these misplaced priorities. Ultimately, they call for a transformative shift in values to create a health system centered on accessibility, equity, and collective well-being.