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VALUE & SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION - FAMILIES USA'S NEW CENTER FOR AFFORDABLE WHOLE PERSON CARE MARKS A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE HEALTH CARE VALUE MOVEMENT: AN UNEQUIVOCAL DECLARATION THAT A JUST SYSTEM OF HEALTH CARE IS CONTINGENT ON REDESIGNING ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF PEOPLE. THIS UNDERLIES OUR COMMITMENT TO HOLDING THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY ACCOUNTABLE FOR DELIVERING AFFORDABLE, EQUITABLE, HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH THAT ALL PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR NATION DESERVE.OUR WORK THROUGH THE CENTER WILL FOCUS ON THREE OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES:1. STATE AND FEDERAL POLICIES SHOULD REFORM THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TO ENSURE BUSINESS INTERESTS ARE ONLY ACHIEVED WHEN CONSUMER INTERESTS ARE.2. A POWERFUL, UNIFIED NATIONAL CONSUMER-LED MOVEMENT IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURING POLICYMAKERS ENACT MEANINGFUL POLICY CHANGES THAT UPROOT THE FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMIC DISTORTIONS IN HEALTH CARE PAYMENT AND DELIVERY THAT DRIVE UNAFFORDABLE AND INEQUITABLE LOW-QUALITY CARE.3. HEALTH CARE PAYMENT AND DELIVERY MUST BE REORIENTED TO DELIVER WHOLE-PERSON, HOLISTIC HEALTH.

HEALTH & VACCINATION EQUITY - ONE OF FAMILIES USA'S MOST IMPORTANT SOCIAL JUSTICE MISSIONS IS BUILDING A NATION WHERE NO ONE FACES BARRIERS TO A HEALTHY LIFE BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY LIVE. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, WE ARE WORKING WITH A HIGHLY DIVERSE COALITION OF PARTNERS, INCLUDING PEOPLE OF COLOR, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, RURAL COMMUNITIES, ETHNIC COMMUNITIES, AND OTHERS TO CREATE A POLICY AGENDA TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES. WE ALSO ARE INCREASINGLY FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH BY EXPLORING UPSTREAM APPROACHES, SUCH AS THOSE EMPLOYING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER MODELS THAT PROTECT AND IMPROVE HEALTH, THEREBY PREVENTING THE NEED FOR MEDICAL CARE.