COMPLETE CHECKUP: Assessing the Vital Signs for U.S. Health Care Reform

摘要

The U.S. health care debate has focused on five basic issues: increasing health care coverage, expanding access to health care, decreasing health care spending, improving quality of care, and promoting prevention and wellness. The following summary provides key insights from RAND research about the tough choices that policymakers face on these issues. RAND's insights will remain relevant to health care reform in the long term, regardless of the short-term outcome of the current legislative debate.