The leading health policies in Mexico focus on reaching universal health coverage (UHC), with the aims of facilitating access, providing financial protection, and increasing the quality of care. These policies have been in place for more than 15 years and are in line with the objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, UHC alone is not enough to achieve and maintain the SDGs if the health system does not provide high-quality technical and interpersonal care.1 The framework of the The Lancet Global Health Commission on high-quality health systems in the SDG era suggests that successful governance for quality of care needs to focus on the foundations of health systems, processes of care (competent care and positive user experience), and impacts (health, confidence in the system, and economic benefit).2