Health Care Reform - The Costs of Inaction

Business Roundtable recently released a report, presented by Hewitt Associates, a human resources outsourcing and consulting company, on the costs of not reforming the nation's health care system. From the report:

This report makes a case for the potential benefits of health reform if it is done wisely. The United States can reduce upward health care cost trends and expand access for most Americans if:

• Health insurance coverage is expanded to as close to universal levels as we can reasonably get
• Existing sources of employer-based coverage are not disrupted or displaced or saddled with significant additional costs and compliance burdens
• Expanded coverage is accompanied by meaningful delivery system reform led by changes to Medicare; and
• As expected, purchasers in the private sector adopt these reforms.

The report can be found at: http://www.businessroundtable.org/sites/default/files/BRT_Hewitt_HC%20Reform%20Report_Sept2009_FinalONLINE.pdf