Legislating Delivery System Reform: A 30,000-Foot View Of The 800-Pound Gorilla

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2007

Journal Title

Health Affairs

ISSN

0278-2715

DOI

10.1377/hlthaff.26.6.1553

Abstract

Between 1993 and today, health policy experts have reached consensus that quality assurance, cost discipline, and equitable access depend on delivering health care at times, in places, and in ways much different from those to which we are accustomed. The challenge for the next generation of health reformers is to improve coverage by improving care. This can happen only if reform legislation has a theory for success, collective social meaning, and political champions.

First Page

1553

Last Page

1556

Num Pages

4

Volume Number

26

Issue Number

6

Publisher

Project HOPE

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