Ron Williams

I think if we're going to have a requirement that everyone have equal access to insurance, you really have to have a…

— Ron Williams

The basic premise of insurance is the pooling of funds from many to cover the costs of some. There are complicated methods…

— Ron Williams

Having no choice doesn't result in innovation and performance improvement.

— Ron Williams

A positive, high-performance culture can quickly turn negative if the CEO is not rigorous in constantly articulating values and holding people accountable…

— Ron Williams

In health care, you really need a balance of people who need health care today, tomorrow, and in the future.

— Ron Williams

I am not a lawyer or an expert on the Constitution. But as the chairman and CEO of a major health plan,…

— Ron Williams

The ACA - popularly known as 'Obamacare' - has been an important step forward toward an admirable goal: providing access to health…

— Ron Williams

I think reasonable people could agree that, at some point, there's enough income that someone should be expected to participate in the…

— Ron Williams

The federal government should encourage rather than micromanage market reform in all 50 states. Since health care is local, private-sector innovation in…

— Ron Williams

Younger participants in the exchanges and who purchase individual insurance paid more, and they just didn't see the value, and therefore, they…

— Ron Williams

When I was a CEO, I thought I understood private equity. I didn't. And what I've learned since my retirement, and since…

— Ron Williams

We confuse insurance with our moral obligation to provide health-care services to people. And what we try to do is finance our…

— Ron Williams

For insurance solvency, ongoing plan participation is vital.

— Ron Williams

In my experience, it is the leader - the CEO - who plays the crucial role in creating and 'owning' an organization's…

— Ron Williams

The ACA's reliance on mandatory participation in exchanges as the only way to obtain a health insurance subsidy is fundamentally flawed.

— Ron Williams

Much of a leader's responsibility in creating a positive, high-performance culture is setting the right tone and acting on it consistently. That…

— Ron Williams

If an individual sticks up a bank and walks off with $25,000, there are consequences. If someone who really could have had…

— Ron Williams

As a CEO, I had significant exposure to private equity, enough that I had in no way bought into the media's caricature:…

— Ron Williams

Every institution is perfectly capable of forgetting what it has learned in three years.

— Ron Williams

I have seen the healthcare system from many angles, including as a patient.

— Ron Williams

There are several problems with the ACA's reliance on means-based inclusion criteria and mandatory participation in exchanges - the complexity of the…

— Ron Williams

Deliver bad news early and personally.

— Ron Williams

There is no question in my mind that the health care system has to work.

— Ron Williams

What we need are different types of insurance, some of which have copays, some that have coinsurance, but they need to offer…

— Ron Williams

It's difficult to compete against a player that's also refereeing the game.

— Ron Williams