The United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion's Healthy People 2030 initiative says that many people face barriers that prevent or limit access to needed health care services, which may increase the risk of poor health outcomes and health disparities. It also states that expanding access to health services is an important step toward reducing health disparities. Affordable health insurance is part of the solution, but factors like economic, social, cultural, and geographic barriers to health care must also be considered as must new strategies to increase the efficiency of health care delivery.(link)