Could it happen?

Richard L. Reece, M.D., a pathologist, is the author of an interesting article on health care in the United States in the year 2020. (He is also the author of a to-be-published book "Innovation-Driven Care: 36 Key Concepts for Transformation"). What "brave new world" does Doctor Reece envision in 2020?

"The commitment
The U.S. has committed to a health system promising greater wellness, longer lives, affordable prices, quick access, universal coverage, and uniform conformity.

Bipartisan politicians and neutral business coalitions now reign over a good society. They have reined in health spending and capped costs at 20 percent of Gross National Product, more than 16 percent in 2006, but less than 25 percent projected for 2030.1 In 2006 David Cutler, a Harvard economist, released a study showing health gains from 1960 to 2000 had been worth the spending.2 Still, in 2006, waste was rampant, duplication was constant, fraud was blatant.

Good health for all
In 2020, Americans brim with good health and delay disease until late in life. For good reasons:
All U.S. citizens have free genomic profiles at birth predicting future diseases and instructing how to prevent and circumvent these ailments."

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