One expression of structural injustice in the United States is delivery of health care according to patients’ race and insurance status.

Increased awareness of conscious and unconscious biases and structural drivers of health can increase the likelihood of upstander interventions.

Historical perspective on how some sites and means of professional caregiving became high or low status helps us understand trends in poor care continuity in US health care.

Psychiatric aides and technicians are part of direct care workforces in inpatient units who are subject to high rates of violence but earn far less than higher-status clinicians.

Reasons to actively promote the interests of health workers earning low wages are numerous and urgent.

This article applies opinions to organizational obligations and interprofessional collaboration in health care.

Commitment to health equity demands higher pay, improved benefits, and more workplace protections for all health workers.

Cultural failure to recognize tacit knowledge explains why credential-based knowledge has higher status and prioritizes clinicians who do not care on an hour-to-hour basis for most of our country’s elders.

Workers essential to social functioning and safety are paid as if health care organizations would not cease functioning without them.

Traditional models of medical education in the US do not teach students to problematize segregation where they train and help care for patients.