Ezekiel J. Emanuel is a physician and vice provost for global initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania. Brian Blase is the president of Paragon Health Institute.
The two of us stand on opposite sides of the political divide — one a liberal, the other a conservative. We served in senior White House health policy roles for separate administrations. We disagree about the Affordable Care Act and other issues. But we agree on many of the biggest problems facing U.S. health care — and on many solutions, too.