RT Book, Section A1 Bodenheimer, Thomas A1 Grumbach, Kevin SR Print(0) ID 1126405981 T1 Conclusion: Tensions and Challenges T2 Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach, 7e YR 2016 FD 2016 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 978-1-259-58475-6 LK accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126405981 RD 2024/03/29 AB The perfect health care system is like perfect health—a noble aspiration but one that is impossible to attain. In the preceding chapters, we have discussed many fundamental issues and principles involved in formulating health care policy. A recurrent theme has been the notion that “magic bullets” are hard to come by. As stated in Chapter 2, policies tend to evolve in a cyclic process of finding solutions that create new problems that require new solutions. Policy changes may offer a degree of relief for a pressing problem, such as inadequate access to care, but frequently also give rise to various side effects, such as stimulating health care cost inflation.