Payment model. And transitioning from a fee for service to a value based reimbursement system. This event was hosted by the National Institute for Healthcare Management foundation. Its about two hours. Good afternoon. So wed like to go ahead and get started. Im nancy chockley. President and ceo of foundation and im just dlieded to welcome you all here today. We have an incredible panel of business and policy leaders. They come at the problems from different perspective. But one unifying theme between all of them is their concern for what rising healthcare costs do to americans. And the need to increase value in our Healthcare System. So each of them will present their own ideas of how to increase value or how they are increasing value in the Healthcare System. A nonprofit nonpartisan organization. And we believe by bringing people together with different perspectives, we can improve healthcare through evidence and collaboration. We have a wonderful audience today. I recognize some of y
Dieed housing, renovated s. R. O. S and inclusionary Affordable Housing and new market rate projects. This will include middleIncome Housing as well as lower Income Housing. But the fed proposed central soma plan falls far short of that 50 goal. It only proposes that 33 of all future use soma housing will be affordable. That is not enough. If soma doesnt achieve the 50 goal, theres no hope that the r els that the rest of San Francisco ever request. It will take direct city intervention to acquire those sources and hundreds of millions of city sources to build them and development of middle Income Housing. The missing mid is vital to maintain the social and cultural diversity. Otherwise, we may back very divided societies of just the welltodo and the poor. We cant let that happen. South of markets location next to an everexpanding downtown San Francisco is both a terrible curse and great blessing. That market growth, the Market Forces, the gentrification will spell doom for the positive
Spell doom for the positive community, social and spiritual qualities that are diversity and character that have made our south of market neighbourhood a special place renowned around the world. Unless, instead, we intervene directly now to secure affordable locations for all the community buildings, assets and homes that run [inaudible] to make our best south of market future possible. [coughing] and unless instead as a city and a community, we leverage this extraordinary growth and maximize the effective use of its enormous resources to realise the best neighbourhood possibilities it offers. To create a 21st century south of market neighbourhood that will be as special as the last one. This is the vision of our central Soma Community plan. It can be done. Good afternoon, commissioners. Thank you for your time. Im joyce from the toddco development plan. Were looking for Affordable Housing. Without these provision, market first will overwhelm soma declining the diversity that has made
Forces, the gentrification will spell doom for the positive community, social and spiritual qualities that are diversity and character that have made our south of market neighbourhood a special place renowned around the world. Unless, instead, we intervene directly now to secure affordable locations for all the community buildings, assets and homes that run [inaudible] to make our best south of market future possible. [coughing] and unless instead as a city and a community, we leverage this extraordinary growth and maximize the effective use of its enormous resources to realise the best neighbourhood possibilities it offers. To create a 21st century south of market neighbourhood that will be as special as the last one. This is the vision of our central Soma Community plan. It can be done. Good afternoon, commissioners. Thank you for your time. Im joyce from the toddco development plan. Were looking for Affordable Housing. Without these provision, market first will overwhelm soma declin
Playing hockey. He is not able to join us. Mike will cover some of the points he was going to make. Why theres a call to action to increase value in our Health Care System. Ill start first by introducing each panelist and sit down, and then go on. So ill start with mike, who is one of the nations most highly regarded economists. Really what distinguishes mike, not only is he broil yant on the theory and research. Probably more than any other economist, he understands how markets work. And he leads much of the Health Care Policy work coming out of harvard medical school, he also sits on harvards benefits committee, where he learns firsthand why markets are not always efficient. Is that fair to say . He also serves on cbos panel of health advisers. A member of the Massachusetts Health connecter board of directors and vice chair of medpac. We have the fortune of having him serve on our advisory board. Hes one of the pioneers of value based insurance design. And the go to researcher for me