DYSFUNCTIONAL SOCIAL SYSTEMS: THE CASE OF HEALTH CARE INSURANCE IN THE U. S.

摘要

Efficiency fosters the survival of living systems. Yet inefficient social systems abound in our world. How do inefficient social systems come to exist and why do they survive? The community of insurers, government agencies, insurees, and health care providers who are linked by the current system of health care insurance in the U. S. is examined in this paper as a case study of an inefficient social system. Soft systems methodology is employed to compare the current system with an ideal model, and recommendations are offered as to how to move toward that model.