When you have a program, such as the one described in this NYT article on private Medicare insurance, that relies on the market to solve a public value problem, and that program fails — you end up in the total failure quadrant.
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Private health insurance plans, which serve nearly a fourth of all Medicare beneficiaries, have increased the cost and complexity of the program without any evidence of improving care, researchers say in studies to be published Monday.
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