The path to a high performance U.S. health system: a 2020 vision and the policies to pave the way

The path to a high performance U.S. health system: a 2020 vision and the policies to pave the way

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Contributor(s):
Commonwealth Fund. Commission on a High Performance Health System, issuing body.
Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
Publication:
New York, NY : Commonwealth Fund, February 2009
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Health Care Reform
Insurance, Health
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
This report from the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System offers recommendations for a comprehensive set of insurance, payment, and system reforms that could guarantee affordable coverage for all by 2012, improve health outcomes, and slow health spending growth by $3 trillion by 2020--if enacted now to start in 2010. Central to the Commission's strategy is establishing a national insurance exchange that offers a choice of private plans and a new public plan, with reforms to make coverage affordable, ensure access, and lower administrative costs. Building on this foundation, the report recommends policies to change the way the nation pays for care, invest in information systems to improve quality and safety, and promote health. By stimulating competition and delivery system changes aimed at providing more effective and efficient care, the policies could yield higher value and substantial savings for families, businesses, and the public sector.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (xxviii, 90 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101548799 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101548799