The Boomer parents of Millennials may have complained about their kids leaving messes around the house, however Boomers are leaving an exponentially bigger mess for their kids. Millennials will see their future stolen if the healthcare cost beast that Boomers have largely ignored isn't slayed.
Healthcare’s hyperinflation-driving fortress has been impenetrable to forces trying to disrupt it over the last couple decades. Whether through regulatory capture to protect the status quo or self-inflicted mistakes (e.g., HMO “gatekeeper” and denial of care debacle), healthcare has been remarkably resilient to forces that have driven change in virtually every other sector.
At long last, the gig is up and the fix is in (the good kind of “fix”). It’s coming from the edges and is largely unnoticed by incumbents who haven’t delivered any productivity gains in over 20 years (unless you measure productivity by getting out bigger bills).