Accelerating High Value Healthcare Delivery
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American healthcare is the most expensive in the world, yet its system still struggles with uneven quality, serious access gaps, and population health indicators that lag behind most of the developed world. Healthcare is becoming increasingly unaffordable for a growing segment of Americans, and if recent spending trends persist, the system could collapse under its own weight. Congressional proposals for national healthcare reform, if enacted, will make important progress by expanding health insurance coverage and improving financial security for those who are already covered. But the proposals will have a more limited impact on the rate of health spending growth, particularly in the private sector.
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