A reader asks: "Where do you foresee change coming from?"
The answer is, realistically, everywhere. Health care is as essential to social well being as is the availability of food and shelter. To make real change happen individuals, health providers and insurers, and society at large will all have to work together.
We believe the approach to this discussion needs to have the long-term effect of reform in mind. This is more than a conversation about changing the payment system; it is an examination of how a compassionate system should function.
These are some of the questions we are considering as we work towards reform:
- Individuals: How can individuals be better empowered to maintain their own health and prevent disease, especially considering the economic disparities and barriers that exist?
- Health Providers and Insurers: What should we expect from the delivery and insurance system? What should the experience be of the individual moving through the system?
- Society: What role should society play in ensuring that an effective and compassionate health care system is maintained? What is the government's role? What is the best use of society's finite resources? How do we control the cost of care?
You can join us in the exploration of these questions on this blog or by emailing us.
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