We’re In The Third Inning

Greetings from sunny Aspen, Colorado and the Spotlight Health Conference at the Aspen Ideas Festival. The opening session for the conference yesterday afternoon featured a lively discussion between Larry J. Merlo, Chief Executive Officer, CVS and Bernard Tyson, Chief Executive Officer, Kaiser Permanente, moderated by Bertha Coombs of CNBC. The discussion centered on the evolution of the U.S. health care system-from an "episodic model driven by fee-for-service" and "a sick care model" (as described by Mr. Merlo and Mr. Tyson) to a "whole health community-based system connected by technology and delivered by a team of . . .