Health Care Cost and Value: The Way Forward

McMahon and Chopra emphasize that the US can no longer afford to allow its health priorities to be set by the vagaries of a payment system disconnected from clinical value. They point out that the health care system must evolve to provide the care that the population needs, supported by a payment system that reinforces this care. A medical market that is focused on physicians and health care organizations and based on providing clinical value to patients can enhance care and potentially reduce cost.