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- January 2, 2020
- Article
Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and James Wallace
The United States has serious health care problems: More than 27 million uninsured people, costs that are growing faster than income, and a staggering $37 trillion of unfunded liabilities in the Medicare program. Perhaps most alarming: The US ranks lowest among... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Public Option; Medicare; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Cost Management; Problems and Challenges; United States
Herzlinger, Regina E., and James Wallace. "Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?" Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (January 2, 2020).
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rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;">India Knowledge@Wharton Produced at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, the newsletter includes articles in the areas of Finance and Investment,... View Details
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
Technological Eclecticism Could Help Journal of Applied Corporate Finance Amar Bhidé “Keynes thought it would be ‘splendid’ if economists became more like dentists. Disciplinary economics has instead become more like physics in focusing... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Merton Named University Professor
insurance contracts. An elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and a past president of the American Finance Association, Merton is a leading figure in the School's Global Financial Systems... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
- 29 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research
statistics showcasing the combined cost of white collar crime. Accounting scandals: $40 billion per year. Insurance fraud: $80 billion. "Wardrobing" (purchasing a new outfit, wearing it for a night on the town, and then... View Details
- 2010
- Chapter
Lessons from Catastrophe Reinsurance
By: Kenneth A. Froot
Of the 20 most costly catastrophes since 1970, more than half have occurred since 2001. Is this an omen of what the 21st century will be? How might we behave in this new, uncertain, and more dangerous environment? Will our actions be rational or irrational? A select... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
uninsured was a low 10 percent (compared with 15 percent nationally), and it already had in place a free-care pool for financing the uninsured, which most states do not. “Nevertheless,” Slavin concludes, “the Massachusetts health-reform... View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
paper called, "Asset Allocation and Asset Location: Household Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances," published by the Journal of Public Economics in August, 2004. Using data from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF),... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- March 2008
- Teaching Note
2006 Hurricane Risk (TN)
By: André Perold and Erik Stafford
Teaching Note for [207075]. View Details
- 15 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 15, 2007
Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907412 HDFC (A) Harvard Business School Case 301-093 The top management team at India's leading home finance company must decide how to deal with the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- October 26, 2022
- Article
Climate Risk Is Growing. Is Your Company Prepared?
By: John D. Macomber
Most people don’t have a strategy for how to handle the worsening perils of flooding, wildfires and extreme heat. They should adopt a four-step process for protecting their property, whether it be a home or a business. First, they should prioritize how important... View Details
Macomber, John D. "Climate Risk Is Growing. Is Your Company Prepared?" Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (October 26, 2022).
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Books
Mills shows how capitalism's financial value chain — comprising venture capitalists, bankers, and entrepreneurs and compelled by the lure of potential fortunes to be made — failed in its role to exercise caution in the formation and View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
leaders engaging on the idea of a national-level response to climate change for years, but remarked that interest has notably increased among its members. “We’re now seeing [interest from] folks from the insurance sector, from banks, from... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
She’s Got Your Back
small—almost like an insurance policy.” Angie’s List has deep HBS roots. Cofounder and venture capitalist Bill Oesterle (MBA 1992) struggled to find service providers in Indianapolis to fix up his historic home, finally turning to Unified... View Details
- Career Coach
Phil Wong
operational foundation for running healthcare practices. Prior to pivoting into healthcare, Phil was a portfolio manager at a fund of hedge funds managing $1Bn+ on behalf of pension plans and insurance companies. His investing role... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Full Stream Ahead
With its ability to hold steady and provide a regular return, rather than bounce around in time with the volatile stock market, music also starts to look more attractive as a non-correlated risk. The extra yield is especially appealing to institutional investors like... View Details
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, edited by David Audretsch, Oliver Falck, and Stephan Heblich. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., forthcoming Abstract Financing constraints are one of the biggest concerns impacting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?
access to public institutional debt and equity capital markets and the uncertainty of small business profits makes retained earnings a necessarily less stable source of capital. About 48 percent of business owners report a major bank as their primary View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
put up to $4 billion per year into high-growth companies. And it does so at no cost to taxpayers. "This public-private partnership is a good example of government and the private sector working together," Mills says. "This program has helped View Details