The Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation co-sponsored this event to explore expanding access to health care as a main goal of health reform.

• What provisions exist in the health reform proposals that speak directly to expanding access to health care?
• What types of payment reforms would help? What are the special challenges faced by rural areas? How are these reforms incorporated into Medicare versus the private insurance market? 
• Are we educating enough primary care providers to sustain an increase in access? 
• If not, how can policy changes attract more to that field? What has Massachusetts’ experience been with primary care capacity after their reform efforts? 
• Are things like retail clinics helping to alleviate the shortage?