Selected 21st Century Questions (cont'd)
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Selected 21st Century Questions
How should our overall health care system be reformed to make it more successful and sustainable over time (e.g., focusing on certain defined needs versus unlimited wants; addressing the division of responsibilities between levels of government, employers, and individuals; and facilitating individual choice, cost control and quality improvement?
Which tax incentives and preferences need to be reconsidered given their costs and effects, failure to achieve goals intended by Congress, or their unintended consequences? For example, can adequate health care coverage be achieved at less cost and greater distributional equity through a fundamental redesign of the current health tax preferences, or through their elimination and the use of other means to provide for coverage?
