Welcome to United for Health Reform

America is not getting good value for the $2.6 trillion it spends on health care. Too few people have access to high quality care - and yet there is too much waste. The opportunity for far-reaching national health care modernization has been squandered on many previous occasions. So today the nation is once again grappling with how to respond.

As the nation’s leading health and wellbeing company, trusted by over 70 million Americans to fund and manage their care, we are actively and constructively engaged in this effort.

UnitedHealth Group strongly supports the goal of universal coverage, alongside fundamental modernization in how care is delivered. We therefore accept our responsibility to help chart options that could help this vision become reality.

Here on this intranet site you’ll find many of our ideas for modernizing health care, as well as information on how the national health reform debate is unfolding. You can also find more information on our research and thought leadership at the UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform & Modernization website.

Thank you for your engagement in this vital debate. We hope you’ll find this material useful, and will check back in with us as our work develops.

Best wishes

Simon Stevens
Executive Vice President, UnitedHealth Group & Chairman, UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform & Modernization

Our Six Core Principles

    1. Practical cost containment strategies to slow the growth of U.S. health care costs
    2. Payment reform strategies that better support physicians, hospitals, and other providers deliver high quality patient-centered care
    3. Reducing health disparities, particularly in underserved communities
    4. Innovative approaches to universal coverage and health benefits, grounded in evidence-based care and consumer engagement
    5. Modernizing the care delivery system, including strengthening primary care
    6. Modernizing Medicare, including chronic disease management and end-of-life care

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Quick Facts... on Health Care Modernization

  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) commits $940 billion over 10 years to expand coverage to nearly 32 million of the 54 million uninsured Americans.
  • PPACA is projected to expand the number of Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries by 16 million people

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