The promise of being healthy, and also being able to see the best doctors in the world, either for preventative care or should illness arise, is an important part of our identity as a nation. America is rightfully proud of our medical community. We have outstanding physicians, superior medical schools, and top-notch research institutions and pharmaceutical companies that lead the world in innovation and medical technology. However, not every American can afford the promise of health care. Hope Street Group believes that every American should be able to have access to basic affordable, quality health care, and that American values of inclusion and innovation should be present in our health care system. We believe that true health care reform would be universal, affordable, and portable, and would promote a uniquely American system that would allow households and businesses to gain more choice and predictability in the cost and quality of the health care services they purchase, while embracing medical innovations that improve the quality of our lives.

This paper discusses how we can accomplish these twin goals of providing universal coverage and controlling costs, which will require government, employers, families, and health care institutions to enact radical structural reforms.

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