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
Tracking Health Care Costs: Spending Growth Remains Stable at High Rate in 2005Paul B. Ginsburg, Bradley C. Strunk, Michelle I. Banker, John P. Cookson	October 2006	Data Bulletin No. 33
Tracking Health Care Costs: Spending Growth Slowdown Stalls in First Half of 2004Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg	December 2004	Issue Brief No. 91
Tracking Health Care Costs: Spending Growth Stabilizes at High Rate in 2004Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg, John P. Cookson	June 2005	Data Bulletin No. 29
Tracking Health Care Costs: Trends Slow in First Half of 2003Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg	December 2003	Data Bulletin No. 26
Tracking Health Care Costs: Trends Turn Downward in 2003Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg	June 2004	Data Bulletin No. 27
Tracking Health Care Costs: Trends Turn Downward in 2003Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg	June 9, 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Tracking Small-Firm Coverage, 1989-1996Paul B. Ginsburg, Jon R. Gabel, Kelly A. Hunt	January/February 1998	Health Affairs
Trade-Offs Getting Tougher: Problems Paying Medical Bills Increase for U.S. Families, 2003-2007Peter J. Cunningham	September 2008	Tracking Report No. 21
Trends in Managed Care Coverage in Small Firms	Winter 1998	Data Bulletin No. 09
Trends In Out-Of-Pocket Spending By Insured American Workers, 1990-1997Jon R. Gabel, Paul B. Ginsburg, Jeremy D. Pickreign, James D. Reschovsky	March/April 2001	Health Affairs
Trends in the Cost of Employer-Sponsored CoverageM. Susan Marquis, Stephen H. Long	Fall 1998	Data Bulletin No. 14
Understanding Differences Between High- and Low-Price Hospitals: Implications for Efforts to Rein In CostsChapin White, James D. Reschovsky, Amelia M. Bond	Jan. 29, 2014	Journal Article Health Affairs
Update on the Nation's Health Care System:	November 16, 1999	Conference Transcript
Update on the Nation’s Health Care System:Cara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg	November/December 2000	Health Affairs
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
Wall Street Comes to Washington:	December 1998	Issue Brief No. 17
Wall Street Comes to Washington:	September 1999	Issue Brief No. 21
Wall Street Comes to Washington:	September 2000	Issue Brief No. 31
Wide Variation in Hospital and Physician Payment Rates Evidence of Provider Market PowerPaul B. Ginsburg	November 2010	HSC Research Brief No. 16