KevinMD October 11, 2018
An excerpt from Prescription for Bankruptcy: A doctor’s perspective on America’s failing health care system and how we can fix it.
Many years ago, while I was involved in developing the pre-hospital emergency medical care system in Massachusetts, I went with a group to meet with the then-president of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, John Larkin Thompson. We were ushered into a magnificent office, larger than any I had seen in the state offices or hospitals where I worked. I was taken aback to find that this was not Mr. Thompson’s office, but that of his secretary! We were soon shown into the office of the Great Man himself, and one could barely see him at the far end...