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A Broader View of Health Reform KSNA Annual Day at the Legislature February 9, 2012. Robert F. St. Peter, M.D. Kansas Health Institute. Objectives. Understand the case for reform Put ACA in context of needed reforms If not the ACA, then what? Q&A.
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A Broader View ofHealth ReformKSNA Annual Day at the LegislatureFebruary 9, 2012 Robert F. St. Peter, M.D. Kansas Health Institute
Objectives • Understand the case for reform • Put ACA in context of needed reforms • If not the ACA, then what? • Q&A
The US has the best health care system in the world True or False?
International Comparison of Spending on Health, 1980–2008 Total expenditures on healthas percent of GDP Average spending on healthper capita ($US PPP) Source: The Commonwealth Fund, OECD Health Data 2010 (Oct. 2010).
How Good is Our CurrentHealth Care System? • Access • Satisfaction • Costs • Quality of Care • Outcomes • Medical care • Health status • Efficiency • Value
US Health Care System Compared to Others • Access • Satisfaction • Costs • Quality of care • Outcomes • Medical care • Health status • Efficiency • Value ?
What Is The Goal ofReform Efforts? Improve Access or Reduce Costs or Improve Quality
What Is The Goal ofReform Efforts? Access, Cost, Quality or Improve Efficiency
What Is The Goal ofReform Efforts? Access, Cost, Quality, Efficiency or Improve Health?
What Should We Reform? Health Insurance System or Health Care System or Health System
Why U.S. Spending is Higher Source: McKinsey Global Institute, “Accounting for the Cost of Health Care in the United States”, January 2007
Source: New England Health Care Institute, Waste and Inefficiency in the U.S. Health Care System, Feb 2008
What Determines HowHealthy We Are? Social Conditions15% Genetic 30% Environment5% Health Care 10% Behavior 40% Source: McGinnis JM, Russo PG, Knickman, JR. Health Affairs, April 2002.
Where Does the Money Go? Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2000
Reform versus Transformation • REFORM: Redirection of spending within health care to – • Primary care, prevention, medical homes • Effective treatments, EMR • Population-based programs • TRANSFORMATION: Redirection of spending outside of health care to – • Child and youth development and education • Economic development/poverty reduction • Promotion of healthier homes, neighborhoods, schools and workplaces
What’s the Hurry? Source: Congressional Budget Office, “The Long Term Budget Outlook”, August 2010
For More Information See the KHI website: www.khi.org
Kansas Health Institute Information for policymakers. Health for Kansans.