Sec. 4301. Sense of Congress
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It is the sense of Congress that— the sustainability of the health care system in the United States hinges on restructuring how health care is paid for, shifting away from paying for the volume of services provided to the value the services provide; high value care is care that provides higher quality care more efficiently, achieving greater health improvement and better health outcomes at lower cost (per patient and overall); a high value health care system must deliver timely, accessible, well-coordinated, high-quality, culturally centered, and language-appropriate care to everyone; eliminating health and health care disparities and achieving health equity must be central to and required in efforts to achieve a high value health care system; eliminating such disparities and achieving such equity will require tailored interventions and targeted investments to address inequities in health and health care to make sure that health care delivery and payment efforts are responsive to and inclusive of the needs of communities of color and other communities experiencing disparities; and new models of value-based payment and care delivery should prioritize primary care and consider the holistic needs of and other factors with respect to the patient population, including with respect to behavioral health, oral health, end-of-life care, history of adverse childhood experiences and adverse community environments, social determinants of health, social risk factors, unmet social needs, and the burden of intergenerational racial and other inequities.