According to the text, medical care expenditures were slowly increasing from the Agricultural Age to the Industrial Age. At the end of the Agricultural Age, almost all expenditures on health care were driven by the 2% of the population that was wealthy. Greater equality of income and wealth distribution in the Industrial Age contributed to a faster increase in medical expenditures from that point on.

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During the Agricultural Age, the limited medical expenditures were primarily afforded by the wealthy 2% of the population. As the Industrial Age brought about more equal distribution of income and wealth, it enabled a broader segment of the population to access and afford medical care, leading to a faster increase in medical expenditures.

According to the Text, Medical Care Expenditures Were Slowly Increasing