Costs

Starting in 1996 and each year since, HSC researchers have tracked changes in health insurance premiums and underlying health costs at the national level, analyzing the changes and exploring the implications for consumers. HSC researchers also draw on secondary data and the insights of Wall Street analysts and other experts to conduct these analyses.

Title	Date	Document Info
A Decade of Tracking Health System ChangePaul B. Ginsburg, Cara S. Lesser	March 2006	Commentary No. 2
Working at Cross Purposes: Health Care Expansions May Jumpstart Local Economies but Fuel Nation's Fiscal WoesChapin White, Paul B. Ginsburg	August 2011	Commentary No. 5
Paying More for Primary Care: Can It Help Bend the Medicare Cost Curve?James D. Reschovsky, Arkadipta Ghosh, Kate A. Stewart, Deborah Chollet	March 2012	Commonwealth Fund Issue Brief
HSC Conference Focusing on the Nation's Health Care System Finds It Is in Tremendous Turmoil	November 19, 1999	Conference Executive Summary
Wall Street Analysts Bullish on Managed Care, Bearish on Revolution Health Care Information Technology	June 22, 2000	Conference Executive Summary
Wall Street Analysts Predict Several Years of Higher Health Plan Premiums	June 10, 1999	Conference Executive Summary
Update on the Nation's Health Care System:	November 16, 1999	Conference Transcript
Fifth Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington:	June 21, 2000	Conference Transcript
Fourth Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington:	June 9, 1999	Conference Transcript
11th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference	June 21, 2006	Conference Transcript
Patient Cost Sharing: Promises and Pitfalls	Dec. 3, 2003	Conference Transcript
Price and Quality Transparency of Medical Services	April 2, 2009	Congressional Testimony
Consumer Price Shopping in Health Care	March 15, 2006	Congressional Testimony
Association Health Plans and Alternative Ways to Increase Health Insurance Coverage Among Workers in Small FirmsLen M. Nichols	Feb. 5, 2003	Congressional Testimony
Increasing Stress on the U.S. Health Care System: Structural Crisis or Temporary?Len M. Nichols	March 10, 2003	Congressional Testimony
Hearing on Pricing Practices of Hospitals	June 22, 2004	Congressional Testimony
How Consumers Shop for Health Care When They Pay Out of Pocket: Evidence from the LASIK Self-Pay Market	July 18, 2006	Congressional Testimony
Commercial Health Plans' Care Management Activities and the Impact on Costs, Quality and OutcomesDebra A. Draper	April 11, 2007	Congressional Testimony
Trends in Managed Care Coverage in Small Firms	Winter 1998	Data Bulletin No. 09
How Widespread Is Managed Competition?Stephen H. Long, M. Susan Marquis	Summer 1998	Data Bulletin No. 12