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Improving the Quality and Value of Health Care

Many Americans might be surprised to learn that there's a 50/50 chance they do not always receive quality health care.

Improvements are necessary to make sure Americans get the best quality health care and that money for this care is being spent as effectively as possible. Listen as experts -- both in government and in the private sector -- describe some of the steps taken to improve the health care system.

We know from a number of studies that Americans, on average, receive just over half of recommended care when they see clinicians. And we know that it actually doesn't matter where you live. Care doesn't vary all that much across the country in terms of a gap between best possible care and the care that people routinely receive.
Watch the video.