After talks with leaders of 150 companies with self-funded health plans, HBR reports concerns about health benefits are often accompanied by ingrained mindsets about managing them.
The two companies have agreed to liquidate their $600 million of assets in the face of more than $4 billion of liabilities that they wont be able to pay.
The American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals warn millions of additional uninsured patients will bring a deluge of uncompensated medical care and potentially torpedo hospital budgets.