By January Angeles
"Extending coverage to all Americans is a necessary (but not a sufficient) condition to improving the quality and efficiency of our health care system.
Universal coverage would decrease the likelihood that individuals delay seeking care, make early detection and treatment of problems more feasible, reduce reliance on costly emergency room care, and also reduce underwriting if the system is designed well....If millions of Americans continue to lack access to affordable coverage, the system will continue to have large inefficiencies built into it.
Debates about health reform should focus on the intertwined goals of coverage, cost, and quality."
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=2794
http://www.cbpp.org/files/4-21-09health.pdf 3pp.
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