Why does the U.S. lack a universal, Medicare-for-All-type healthcare system like many other developed countries have? What are the consequences? In this fifth and final episode of a podcast series with host Brenda Gazzar, Dr. Tony Iton, senior vice president for Healthy Communities at The California Endowment, discusses America’s long history of racism and both its impact on healthcare reform and on our fragmented response to the deadly coronavirus pandemic.