A PLAGUE UNTO ITSELF
While other corners of the health-care world struggled to care for patients, protect staff, and find scarce equipment, for-profit health insurance companies did just fine.
Samuel Shem, M.D., is the author of the novels The House of God and Man’s 4th Best Hospital.
Wendy Dean, M.D., is co-founder of Moral Injury of Healthcare.
Simon Talbot, M.D., is Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, and co-founder of Moral Injury of Healthcare.
While other corners of the health-care world struggled to care for patients, protect staff, and find scarce equipment, for-profit health insurance companies did just fine.