When the stakes are high it can be hard to acknowledge some obvious truths. My goal here is to push for honest dialogue and shared accountability.Healthcare and living healthy has never been more expensive, or more confusing about where value actually lives. At the...

13 years ago at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, my capstone paper was titled “Highmark’s Journey from Insurer to Provider.” It analyzed how Highmark Health tried to challenge UPMC dominance by acquiring hospitals, physicians, land, and building a...