A 2005 report by the National Committee for Quality Assurance calculated that if all health plans performed at the level of the best-performing health plans, it would save between $2.8 and $4.2...

A 2005 report by the National Committee for Quality Assurance calculated that if all health plans performed at the level of the best-performing health plans, it would save between $2.8 and $4.2 billion in medical costs, avoid 83 million sick days, and increase U.S. productivity by $13.5 billion a year (cited in Davis, 2006).