The United States must achieve universal health coverage — not just for reasons of fairness and compassion, but to ensure efficient, high-value care. As long as insurance coverage is unavailable for pre-existing conditions, is re-priced when someone gets sick, and is unaffordable for low-income working people, the dysfunctions of the system will continue to compound, and spending will rise without improving value.
Health Care Reform Is Good for Business
The United States must achieve universal health coverage — not just for reasons of fairness and compassion, but to ensure efficient, high-value care. As long as insurance coverage is unavailable for pre-existing conditions, is re-priced when someone gets sick, and is unaffordable for low-income working people, the dysfunctions of the system will continue to compound, […]
June 29, 2012