Presentation Subject

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American Healthcare is a Product of Our History,
Values and Experience.
Insatiable Consumer Demand
Community Orientation
Instant Gratification
Individualism
Desire to be the Best
Trust in Competitive Markets
Faith in Technology
Distrust of Big Government
Pragmatic and Innovative
Aversion to Central Planning
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Belief in Miracles
Good in a Crisis
RESULTS

• 15 of GDP
• The best health care money can buy
• Unmatched technological innovation
• Very responsive to incentives
• Sizable for-profit component
• Consumer-oriented

• Uneven distribution of facilities and
  practitioners
• Significant coverage gaps (40 million uninsured)
• Individual benefit trumps group good
• Assign blame for personal failure
• Significant practice/service variation
• Over/Under treatment patterns