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Americans speak on health reform : report on Health Care Community Discussions.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health care reform--United States--Citizen participation.
- Health care reform.
- Medical care, Cost of--United States.
- Medical care, Cost of.
- Medical care--Quality--United States.
- Medical care.
- Health facilities--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Health facilities.
- Health services accessibility.
- Medical policy.
- Health Care Reform.
- Delivery of Health Care--economics.
- Quality of Health Care.
- Health Services Accessibility.
- Health Policy.
- United States.
- Health care reform--Citizen participation.
- Health facilities--Environmental aspects.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health Care Reform.
- Delivery of Health Care--economics.
- Quality of Health Care.
- Health Services Accessibility.
- Health Policy.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : United States Department of Health and Human Services, [2009]
- Summary:
- In December 2008, the Presidential Transition Team invited Americans to host and participate in Health Care Community Discussions to talk about how to reform health care in America. Americans in all 50 states and the District of Columbia signed up during the holiday season to host a Health Care Community Discussion and thousands more participated. People representing the views of both health care patients and providers, came together to discuss reforming the health care system. After each Health Care Community Discussion, hosts filled out a Participant Survey and submited a group report to the Presidential Transition Team's Web site, www.change.gov ("Change.gov"), summarizing the group's main concerns and suggestions. One of the most striking results from the analysis of the reports was that Americans who participated in Health Care Community Discussions were generally united in what they felt was wrong with the system and the general direction on how to fix it. The Discussions focused on concerns about a "broken" health system, access to health insurance and services, rising premiums and drug costs, being "uninsurable," medical mistakes, and the system not being "for them." The top concerns were cost (55%), lack of emphasis on prevention (20%), pre-existing conditions limiting insurance access (13%), and concerns about the quality of care (12%). Many of the Health Care Community Discussions focused on the aspirations for the health system, suggesting that its performance would improve if it adhered to guiding values or principles. Among the reports discussing system solutions, participants expressed support for a system that is fair (36%), patient centered and choice-oriented (19%), simple and efficient (17%), and comprehensive (15%). The Health Care Community Discussions offered a wide range of specific suggestions for fixing the system, including making health insurance more accessible through a public plan, creating scorecards on quality and cost, improving the nutritional content of school lunches, implementing electronic medical records, and creating an AmeriCorps for health workers.
- Contents:
- Executive summary and highlights
- I. Overview of Health Care Community Discussions
- II. Participation in Health Care Community Discussions
- III. Concerns about the U.S. Health Care
- IV. Solutions to the problems in the U.S. Health Care system
- V. Conclusion
- Appendices A-C.
- Notes:
- "March 2009."
- Title from PDF cover.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 313787495
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