The House We Inherited: Healthcare’s Haunted Architecture

Hawthorne’s The House of the Seven Gables reminds us that injustice doesn’t disappear. It settles into the walls. Our healthcare system, too, is an inherited house: intricate, costly, and haunted by the wrongs that shaped it. From racial inequities to misaligned incentives, today’s fractures trace back through generations of policy and power. But as Hawthorne suggests, curses aren’t lifted through destruction; they’re healed through humility, compassion, and connection.