Health Affairs May 30, 2024
Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to increase at a pace incompatible with avoiding the worst consequences of climate change. US health care emits about 8.5 percent of total national GHGs—more emissions than from the entire United Kingdom. As the health care sector transitions to a more resilient, environmentally sustainable system, payers can take more action to accelerate progress, given their role in facilitating health care system transformation.
We propose five strategies that payers can deploy to achieve a more environmentally sustainable and climate resilient health care system, including: Reduce low-value care, accelerate health care’s transition to clean energy infrastructure, provide access to environmentally preferable health care services, support a transition to a circular economy, and enable whole-person care that...
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