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The cooperative and waste

July 31st, 2009
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By jeremy.engdahl-johnson

With Group Health Cooperative (GHC) getting a lot of attention as part of the conversation over co-ops as an alternative to the public plan, it’s interesting to see some more details about how GHC is handling waste, borrowing from an efficiency methodology called “Lean” that emerged out of the manufacturing industry.

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  1. Mark Graban
    August 1st, 2009 at 07:21 | #1
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    Thanks for the link. Group Health is an amazing story on a number of levels. I heard an NPR story last night where Sen. Rockefeller really downplayed coops as a realistic alternative.

    If he’d only stop whining about greedy insurance companies for a minute to learn more…

    Very ironic to hear a ROCKEFELLER complaining about a company that wants, God forbid, profits — the insurers.

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