Health Insurance options are reported today in newspaper articles by Anna Bernasek, "Health Care Problem? Check the American Psyche" (New York Times, Sunday, December 31, 2006, Business Section p. 3, col. 1) and by William J. Holstein, "Armchair M.B.A./For Better Care, Work Across Lines" (New York Times, Sunday, December 31, 2006, Business Section p. 9, col. 1). The Bernasek article is well-written and in particular it is illuminating concerning "single-payer health insurance," a new concept to me, including administrative costs inherent in the health system with which Health Insurers must contend in the United States, versus the measurably more successful health system results in other comparison countries.
The Holstein Armchair M.B.A. feature is the report of a thought-provoking interview with Professor Clayton Christensen of the Harvard Business School which addresses the health care business models prevailing in different countries including in the United States. Here is a link to Prof. Christensen's web site which reveals among other things that he was made a White House Fellow during the Administration of President Ronald Reagan and that he once worked for Elizabeth Dole.
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