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Beware the Sound Bite

December 21, 2009 Steven Lipstein

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CEO, BJC HealthCare

Steve Lipstein is president and CEO of BJC HealthCare, one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States.

As we enter the final weeks of deliberations over health care reform and the United States Senate finishes work on legislation, the news media will attempt to capture the essence of last minute revisions, and politicians will attempt to convince us that the final version of the bill is either good or bad for the American people. We must beware the sound bite. The majority of proposed health care reform legislation is about health insurance coverage. Our government will spend between $800 and $900 billion over ten years to provide cov... more >>>