His experience also led to a position as executive director of the fledgling Group Health Inc., the medical insurer, in 1938.
But not enough attention has been paid to the failure of medical insurers to cover the costs of keeping people healthy.
The chief reason is that cost-containment pressure by medical insurers has begun to take hold with a vengeance.
Aetna bailed out of its property business only to pay a high price for the medical insurer.
South African medical insurers are more heavily regulated and are not allowed to discriminate based on health status.
Yes, they can look at a list of international private medical insurers and locate one that fits their needs.
One lady there who worked for one of the biggest medical insurers was sacked without notice because she has used her sick leave up.
The bill these three embraced seeks to encourage greater online exchanges of medical information among patients, doctors, medical insurers and other health care experts.
Imagination is perhaps the most essential trait that medicine, and medical insurers, must again learn to recognize and reward.
The truth is that managed-care organizations and medical insurers rarely cover the costs of effective addiction treatment, much less aftercare.