Managing health care cost growth is a fundamental challenge facing our health care system.
Through analysis of semistructured interviews, we conclude that barriers to health plan …

Over the past five decades, broad changes in the US health care system have dramatically
influenced growth in health care expenditures. This review identifies the salient factors …

Reforms for slowing the growth in health care spending and increasing the value of care
have largely focused on insurance-based solutions. Consumer-driven health care …

The rapid growth of health care spending is once again of deep concern to payers,
purchasers, providers, the public, and policymakers. Efforts to control previous increases in …

Medical services are expensive. There is no getting around it. The average family health
insurance premium in the US is approaching $20,000. By one estimate, average family …

Both private and public payers have experienced a persistent rise in health care spending
that has exceeded income growth. The issue now transcends the health care system …

US health expenditures have continued to grow faster than the gross domestic product
(GDP). While technological change is considered the primary driver of health care costs …

The true measure of health care reform's success is whether it drives down medical costs
over the long term. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has several features …

The Clinton administration health reform proposal would impose global spending limits to
bring the rate of increase in health care spending into line with the Consumer Price Index by …

Most observers see rising health care costs as an inexorable force. Dr. Elliott Fisher, Dr.
Julie Bynum, and Jonathan Skinner write that by learning from regions that have attained …