Get to know that amorphous Lewin Group

August 2, 2009

 

ON TUESDAY the Globe carried two stories with comments about the healthcare legislation working itself through Congress. “Mass. medical leaders wary of healthcare overhaul’s cost’’ (Page A1) quotes CEOs of Tufts Medical Center, Partners HealthCare, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Caritas Christi Health Care, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Tufts Health Plan, Boston Scientific, and Genzyme. “Senate group closer to compromise on healthcare measure’’ (Page A4), an Associated Press story, makes reference to the Lewin Group, identified only as “a private health research firm.’’

Lewin is funded almost exclusively by United Health Group, the nation’s largest healthcare insurer, which recently reported $1.44 billion in quarterly earnings and has been repeatedly fined for overcharging millions of patients.

It is interesting to learn the positions of those who are profiting the most from the healthcare status quo. However, I’m sure that Globe readers are even more interested in hearing from people who are less interested in their own personal financial well-being and more interested in healthcare outcomes for all Americans.


Michael Mullaley

Hingham  

 
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