I was cautiously optimistic about the conversation that the nation was having earlier this year regarding our need to drastically reform our health system. The stakeholders - government, insurers, physicians, hospitals, employers and the population were willing, able and engaged in the effort. The President set forth eight pillars fundamental to health reform and challenged the health system to embrace the necessity of change.

The thing that concerns me about the current health reform discussion is that the debate has once again boomeranged back to a focus on payment reform, not true health reform.

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