GM is a Model for... Health Care Innovation? This past April, GM set a record for monthly sales... in China. It sold 151,084 vehicles, a 50% increase over its April 2008 results, and is planning to open a new factory within the next few years. Back in Detroit, GM is in bankruptcy and falling into a multi-billion dollar, government supported death spiral.
How can GM compete in China, but not in America?
Posted Wed Jun 10, 2009
Single Payer Is No Silver Bullet for Health-Care Reform
In my last article, I said that transforming health care in the U.S. requires an act of will, not an act of congress. Solutions exist today that can make health care better, faster and cheaper IF you make people responsible for their health-care spending and saving, empower them with better information and incentives, enable them with Web technology and offer global options.
Posted Wed May 27, 2009
Four Ways to Reform Health Care Right Now
All this handwringing over health-care reform strikes me as wasted energy and opportunity. Policymakers need to look beyond health care to other industries as a way to restructure health care and make it more efficient. Here are some suggestions.
Posted Mon Apr 27, 2009
Lessons in Health Care From Giorgio Armani
Some months ago, the International Health Tribune ran an interesting story about how some of Europe's leading luxury goods companies are shifting manufacturing from Europe to Asia. In the case of Giorgio Armani, some of their product lines are made exclusively in Asia. On the face of it, this is a totally unremarkable story--yet another company/industry outsourcing to save costs. But there is more.
Posted Mon Apr 27, 2009
