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 inrnour world. How do inefficient social systems come to exist and why do they survive?rnThe community of insurers, government agencies, insurees, and health care providersrnwho are linked by the current system of health care insurance in the U. S. is examined inrnthis paper as a case study of an inefficient social system. Soft systems methodology isrnemployed to compare the current system with an ideal model, and recommendations arernoffered as to how to move toward that model.