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To borrow from the title of a book that was popular some years ago: All I Ever Really Needed to Know about Benefits Management I Learned in Kindergarten.

Aside from the parts about not running with scissors and the value of naps, I would submit that the most valuable lesson for us to retain is sharing. It's a concept even the federal government seems able to grasp, as witnessed by the executive order recently signed by President Bush. It instructs four federal agencies that oversee large health care programs to gather information about the quality and price of care, th

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