From Healthcare to Sickcare
How Rockefeller and Carnegie Rewired Modern Medicine and Why It Still Affects You Today
By Harald Zieger
October 26, 2025
Few systems are more influential — or more taken for granted — than modern medicine. Most of us grew up believing that the medical system has always been scientific, trustworthy, and built to help us heal. But the truth is more complicated.
In the early 1900s, two of the most influential figures in American history — John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie — played a pivotal role in reshaping medicine.
This transformation continues to impact how we’re diagnosed, treated, and even taught to think about health today. This isn’t about conspiracy — it’s about following the money, the motives, and the long-term impact of decisions made over a century ago.



