NEW YORK S NEXT HEALTH CARE REVOLUTION How Employers Can Empower Patients and Consumers Health care policy debates often center on the role of the federal government but New York and the other states also have important roles to play under the Affordable Care Act ACA In many of the area

Health care policy debates often center on the role of the federal government, but New York and the other states also have important roles to play under the Affordable Care Act ACA In many of the areas discussed in the subsequent chapters of this volume transparency, competition, regulation, licensing, safety state policy can assume a primary role in driving innovation.Health care policy debates often center on the role of the federal government, but New York and the other states also have important roles to play under the Affordable Care Act ACA In many of the areas discussed in the subsequent chapters of this volume transparency, competition, regulation, licensing, safety state policy can assume a primary role in driving innovation New York has considerable advantages leading hospitals, medical schools, and research centers world class physicians extensive public health facilities and major health care foundations Wall Street can finance innovative health care firms The state is home to some of America s leading employers, who have experimented for decades with tools to bend the curve of health care spending And New York s government employs some 250,000 people, affording it huge leverage to mold provider practices Despite such strengths, New York s health care system, like that of other states, does not provide the information on safety and quality necessary for consumer driven health care to succeed Failure to reform will hurt patients particularly the poorest and sickest , taxpayers, and New York s economy In New York s Next Health Care Revolution How Public and Private Employers Can Empower Patients and Consumers, five distinguished experts from academia, business, and the not for profit world identify New York s major hurdles to reform and propose solutions to overcome them.

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