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"Everyone has a duty to care for their individual health, and it is our nation's duty to provide a system of care so everyone is protected," said Baker. "We need meaningful change in our national health care system. For reform to take place, we must find innovative, common ground solutions."

The first phase of the Leaders' Project will culminate with the release of a report to the public, the Congress, and the Administration that will include solution-driven recommendations for reforming health care coverage and delivery in America. The second, and equally as crucial, phase of the project will involve the Leaders advocating their recommendations to key decision makers.

"We need to move beyond ideology and partisanship and meet our common health care system challenges with common sense answers to provide affordable, quality, health care to everyone in this great nation. We have no more time to waste," said Daschle.

The Leaders' Project is honored to have the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). RWJF is working to ensure that all Americans have stable, affordable health care coverage and that the care delivered is of high quality and value. "The quest for meaningful health care reform has vexed Congress and presidential administrations for decades," said Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, president and CEO of RWJF. "Without bipartisan efforts, reform will be impossible. We look to the former Senate Majority Leaders to show us that bipartisan collaboration and compromise is possible, and that we can meet the demands of the American people and chart a path to reform that will result in coverage and high quality health care for all."

Additional technical analysis in support of the project will be conducted by the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution, as well as other policy organizations.

The first of the Leaders' Project policy forums wi
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