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Getting Health Care Right

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Abstract

The author, a health insurance industry leader and a prominent voice in the national reform debate, shares his perspective on attempts to transform health care over nearly a decade. He advocates for a bipartisan solution to stabilize the health insurance market in the near term, and for private sector innovation in partnership with government to create sustainable long-term change. He encourages ASLME members to continue to lend their expertise to the process of transformation.

Type
Symposium Articles
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2018

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Footnotes

The health care debate has continued since this content was prepared for presentation in October 2017. Though some facts on the ground have changed, the author continues to advocate for transformation built on bipartisanship and innovation.

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