How can the US protect its health infrastructure against Russian and Chinese cyberattacks?

The US health care system suffers attacks from the governments of Russia and China and their proxies. US hospitals, insurance companies, and physicians experience disruptions via cyber intrusions, control of medical supply chains, and data theft, as well as less directly via infiltration of other infrastructure upon which medical care depends, including telecom, energy, transportation, and power.

Health care accounts for almost a fifth of US GDP, and yet neither the US government nor the healthcare establishment has a coherent strategy for defending the various components of this critical sector. For more on this issue, see the August 3, 2026 article by 2430 Group Director, Glenn Chafetz in Tomorrow’s Affairs.