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Turning Policy Solutions into Action for Better Health Care

The Brookings Institution is committed to producing innovative policy solutions to our nation’s most difficult challenges. The country may face no more important domestic policy challenge than the much-needed reform of our health care system. To help turn ideas for reform into action, the Brookings Institution established the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform.

Much of the debate about health care reform focuses on strategies to reduce gaps in insurance coverage and ensure the affordability of health care for all Americans. Yet, expanding coverage to health insurance in a sustainable way will also depend on improving how the health care system actually works. In short, we need to develop better ways to improve quality and contain costs in conjunction with steps to expand affordable coverage options.

The Engelberg Center’s mission is to develop data-driven, practical policy solutions that promote broad access to high-quality, affordable, and innovative care in the United States. The Engelberg Center conducts research and makes policy recommendations. Yet, the Center also facilitates the development of new consensus around key issues and provides technical support to implement and evaluate new solutions in collaboration with a broad range of stakeholders.

The focus is on key priority areas that are critical to the kind of reform that will improve not just the health care system, but the health of individual patients. Read more »

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