Harris Rosen knows how to run a successful business. The company he founded, Rosen Hotels & Resorts, owns and operates eight properties in the Orlando area, with more than 4,500 employees.

What Rosen has a difficult time understanding, however, is why the health care industry is so much less efficient than his own company.

Harris Rosen, founder, president, Rosen Hotels & Resorts

"About 33 years ago, I was absolutely fed up with our health care program," he said. "It was terrible — too expensive and lousy care. So I mentioned to some of our associates that we were going to do our own. They said, 'are you (I won't repeat the exact word) crazy?' I said, 'yes, but we are going to do it ourselves.' It was a struggle, but we did it."

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