Fifteen years ago, America had a long discussion about how to implement universal healthcare coverage. The proposal developed by Hillary Clinton, dubbed Hillarycare by its critics, certainly had its weaknesses, but the nuclear weapon that annihilated not only her proposal, but the entire discussion itself — and ensured the topic wouldn’t come up again [...]
Posted in healthcare on Jan 18th, 2008
A year ago, I had more than a few theories for what steps Kaiser Permanente needed to take to rebuild integrity and restore accountability at the organization. I kept most of my specific ideas quiet, though, because I recognized that I needed to focus on calling for broad and reasoned change and improvement, not [...]
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