A Ridiculous Question with Embarassing Results: What's the Value?
Commentary by Lynda Curtin
I imagine there are some people at Verizon, Netflix, and Bank of America who are surprised and embarrassed by the enraged consumer responses to the new fees they recently rolled out. Imagine how awful it must be make a decision, implement it, and then watch it implode very publicly, very...

The Real World of Upward Integration in the Health Care Arena
Commentary by Jack Hipple
In our efforts to control health care costs, we see all kinds of different approaches being used, a few of which have been discussed in this commentary over time. In the June 29 issue of The Wall Street Journal, pB1, we see an article about a major health insurer (Highmark) purchasing...