Excerpt: The Commission believes the U.S. must pursue a strategy of covering the uninsured while simultaneously improving quality and efficiency. It recommends five strategies: 1) extending comprehensive, affordable, and seamless insurance coverage to all; 2) aligning incentives to reward high-quality, efficient care; 3) organizing the health system to achieve accountable, coordinated care; 4) investing in public reporting, evidence-based medicine, and the infrastructure necessary to deliver the best care; and 5) exploring creation of a national entity that set aims for health system performance and priorities for improvement, monitors performance, and recommend practices and policies.

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