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Access, Quality, and Cost

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John V. Cox, DO, MBA

The United States is engaged in a debate that will define our time. Regardless of the political outcomes, there will be dramatic changes in the US health care system. The administration has laid out three overriding goals of change: access, quality, and cost. No one argues that access to health care needs to be improved as over 45 million Americans are without coverage. Oncology patients are disproportionately affected, as our employee-based system of coverage requires a job to maintain coverage, and life-threatening illnesses often challenge continued employment.

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