The Insurance Industry's Deceptive Report
(Blog Post) In the hallowed tradition of the tobacco and energy industries, the health insurance industry has commissioned a report (pdf) projecting doom and despair for those who seek to reform its business practices. The report was farmed out to the consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers, which has something of a history with this sort of thing: In the early-'90s, the tobacco industry commissioned PWC to estimate the economic devastation that would result from a tax on ... Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via Memeorandum, NewsRack (Health Care)
Klein is right. For all the buzz about the the health insurance industry's 11th hour hit, vetting it almost gives it more legitimacy than it's worth.