http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/06/25/im-not-sad-for-you/484 FixKP: the unofficial Kaiser Permanente blog at blog.fixkp.org Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:28:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/06/25/im-not-sad-for-you/484/comment-page-1#comment-5013 No one would listen. : justen Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:08:22 +0000 http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/06/25/im-not-sad-for-you/484#comment-5013 [...] and Lilly Balaka-Long. Lehna Brewer. Mychelle Williams. Paris Bessard. Now, Devin [...] [...] and Lilly Balaka-Long. Lehna Brewer. Mychelle Williams. Paris Bessard. Now, Devin [...]

]]> http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/06/25/im-not-sad-for-you/484/comment-page-1#comment-5014 John Doe Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:23:55 +0000 http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/06/25/im-not-sad-for-you/484#comment-5014 Interesting insights in this post Justen. As a KP employee, I am listing myself under the alias "John Doe" but thought you would be interested in knowing that Mr. Halvorson not only uses the non profit health plan's money to promote his book...he also uses it to buy his books...the rumors I have heard is the number is several thousand copies. I heard he did the same with the last two books he published. Makes sense, because there probably would be no natural market for yet another book on health care..or another book published by yet another CEO--and hence no publisher willing to touch it--unless good old KP could commit upfront to purchasing it in such a bulk volume the publisher would find the deal profitable. And while we're on the subject of rumors--I hear this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Mr. Halvorson's extravagant spedning of KP's money for his own self promotion. Interesting insights in this post Justen. As a KP employee, I am listing myself under the alias “John Doe” but thought you would be interested in knowing that Mr. Halvorson not only uses the non profit health plan’s money to promote his book…he also uses it to buy his books…the rumors I have heard is the number is several thousand copies. I heard he did the same with the last two books he published. Makes sense, because there probably would be no natural market for yet another book on health care..or another book published by yet another CEO–and hence no publisher willing to touch it–unless good old KP could commit upfront to purchasing it in such a bulk volume the publisher would find the deal profitable. And while we’re on the subject of rumors–I hear this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Mr. Halvorson’s extravagant spedning of KP’s money for his own self promotion.

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