Most people might be surprised to know that Tennessee is undertaking a major health care reform effort that is homegrown, nonpartisan and gaining momentum.
Gov. Bill Haslam launched the Tennessee Health Care Innovation Initiative in February 2013 to improve the efficiency of health care delivery and quality of care for all Tennesseans. This program has three distinctive characteristics that make it likely to succeed as a stand-alone reform that can complement and reinforce other major reforms currently under consideration at the national level.