The issues facing our health care system are
real
It's time we find real solutions and take action
THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE & HEALTH CARE
The Health Care Solutions Group has launched a web site, PresidentialRX.com, to provide voters with information on the health care proposals of the 2008 presidential candidates, with a focus on how the health care proposals of the candidates will affect individuals, families, and employers across the country. The site summarizes the health care plans of the candidates, describes what they mean in user-friendly terminology, and includes additional resources and links to news items to allow voters to follow the candidates and their health care views throughout the campaign. Click here to access PresidentialRX.com.
OTHER NEWS:
- Summary from the 2007 Summit Meeting: “Accelerating State Efforts to Cover the Uninsured” (pdf format)
- The
Health Care Solutions Group has developed an online Health Care Data
Tool for individuals who need access to current and historical data
on variables and measures related to health care, including information
on cost, utilization, access, quality, and other measures.
Click here to access
the HCSG Health Care Data Tool.
There’s general agreement that while the United States is capable of delivering excellent care, and we continue to see exciting developments in medical knowledge and technology, the reality is our health care system is facing great challenges.
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Costs are continuing to go up, placing a huge burden
on citizens and employers - Almost a third of our population is not insured or is under-insured, so many citizens do not have regular access to health care
- There is a significant amount of variation in the way care is delivered, and questions about quality and safety of much of the care that is delivered.
The Health Care Solutions Group, sponsored by Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Nashville Health Care Council, is a new institute intended to bring health care, business and government leaders together to lead and support improvement in the U.S. health care system. It is designed to facilitate the development of solutions to the challenges we face in our health care system, as well as lead and support action to test, demonstrate and implement change that will make a difference.