Question

The U.S. health care system faces significant challenges that clearly indicate the urgent need for reform. Attention has rightly focused on the approximately 46 million Americans who are uninsured, and on the many insured Americans who face rapid increases in premiums and out-of-pocket costs. As Congress and the Obama administration consider ways to invest new funds to reduce the number of Americans without insurance coverage, we must simultaneously address shortfalls in the quality and efficiency of care that leads to higher costs and to poor health outcomes.

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No matter how much cost and decision making are shifted to consumers ,they cannot succeed unless providers and health care plans have to compete on results and right information and advice are available .

• Secretary of U.S should accelerate the establishment of collaborative system for evaluating the health care system that would incorporate existing department and external research ,stimulate new studies as needed ,synthesize finding ,provide actionable feedback for policy makers as well as public .
• Secretary should work with congress to establish capability for assessing the comparative value in developing the clinical and cost effectiveness of medical interventions and other procedures ,preventive and treatment technologies and methods of organizing and delivery of quality care
• U.S government should provide all the facilities for poor and needy people in rurals .
• US government help to ensure that the various departments based on speciality
• Main reform include ,providing best practices and quality of care and involving local and national helath policies to increases the quality and efficiency of care
• In rural areas ,people does'nt get the adequate health information and they are not getting health care facilities due to illiteracy ,transportation problems and cost of the health care.
• So ,govrrnment should reach the rural people and access them for insurance to get quality care .
• Government should provide all electronic information to public regarding helath ,so that they can approach the health care facility .
• Uninsured people are facing many health issues due to less affordability to health care ,and they are spending out of pocket money to get care ,some poor people who does not have money they are getting more health issues .