Health care opinion leaders' views on health reform Data brief (Commonwealth Fund) Health Care Reform Insurance, Health Leaders in health care and health care policy believe that Americans should have a choice of public and private health insurance plans, and two-thirds believe the public plan should incorporate innovative methods for paying providers, including global fees, according to the latest Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey. A large majority of opinion leaders supports the establishment of a national health insurance exchange with strong authority to enforce standards of participation, set rating rules, standardize benefits, and review or negotiate premiums. A majority thinks the standard required benefit package should be similar to the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program's standard BlueCross BlueShield option, although one-third support a less generous benefit package. Whatever their views concerning the details of health reform, two-thirds of respondents (68%) agree upon the urgency of enacting comprehensive changes, including an expansion of insurance coverage, this year. [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2009] Stremikis, Kristof. Davis, Karen. Collins, Sara R. Schoen, Cathy. Commonwealth Fund. Commission on a High Performance Health System. Commonwealth Fund. Technical Report Text Illustrations nlm:nlmuid-101548804-pdf 101548804 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101548804 English United States Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. https://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0