Kaiser CEO Weighs in on Health Care Reform
CEO of Kaiser Permanente, George Halverson recently weighed in on health care reform and what he thought would happen in the short term.
In summary, Mr. Halverson stated that he believes there is a very high likelihood that some level of health care reform will emerge from out of Washington as early as next year. However, the possibility depends on which presidential candidate gets elected. If Republican candidate John McCain is elected he won’t have his own party in charge of Congress, so reform is less likely. While It is a priority for the McCain campaign to get something passed as it relates to health care reform, it is a much higher priority for Dem. candidate Barack Obama. Halverson believes there would be a high likelihood that Obama would get something done relatively early in his administration if elected.
