Comments on: Why Blue Cross Healthcare Is Unlike Toyota Manufacturing http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/07/16/why-health-care-is-unlike-manufacturing/ A blog with delusions of grandeur. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:20:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: matt http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/07/16/why-health-care-is-unlike-manufacturing/#comment-4317 matt Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:17:11 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/07/16/343/#comment-4317 Damn, that's embarrassing. It looks like while the national Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is non-for-profit, and even Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA is not-for-profit, some of its subsidiaries (like BCBSMA HMO Blue, Inc) are. I think you'll find that, despite my goof on the specifics, I still have a point. Damn, that’s embarrassing. It looks like while the national Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is non-for-profit, and even Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA is not-for-profit, some of its subsidiaries (like BCBSMA HMO Blue, Inc) are.

I think you’ll find that, despite my goof on the specifics, I still have a point.

]]> By: RSS http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/07/16/why-health-care-is-unlike-manufacturing/#comment-4316 RSS Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:57:14 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/07/16/343/#comment-4316 "There are some things for which a private, for-profit entity is not the best agent. Providing health care is one of them." Too bad Blue Cross isn't for-profit, otherwise you might have a point...try United next time... “There are some things for which a private, for-profit entity is not the best agent. Providing health care is one of them.”

Too bad Blue Cross isn’t for-profit, otherwise you might have a point…try United next time…

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