Description
Born and educated in New York City, Dr. Schoen joined Kaiser Permanente as a pediatrician in 1954. He served as chief of pediatrics at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center/Oakland between 1966 and 1990. This relatively short interview looks at the concept of core values in the early years of Kaiser Permanente but then focuses on a 1996 editorial published in the New England Journal of Medicine pronouncing the death of non-profit health plans, and Dr. Schoen’s critical response to that editorial. Approximately 1 hour, 45 minutes; video interview conducted by Martin Meeker.