Countdown to reform: Status quo anxiety makes change difficult
Sg2 (free registration required), September 3, 2009
President Obama and his team were concerned that if the healthcare reform debate extended into the summer recess it would be difficult to get a bill across the finish line by the fall. And now, their greatest concern has become a reality, says says Sg2 Chairman and CEO Michael Sachs. Sachs says it is difficult to reform one-sixth of the U.S. economy with one piece of legislation because there are so many vested interests, each with its own needs and wants.
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