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
Achieving Health Care Cost Containment Through Provider Payment Reform that Engages Patients and ProvidersPaul B. Ginsburg	May 2013	Journal Article Health Affairs
Addressing Spending Trends in MassachusettsPaul B. Ginsburg	March 18, 2010	Testimony
Association Health Plans and Alternative Ways to Increase Health Insurance Coverage Among Workers in Small FirmsLen M. Nichols	Feb. 5, 2003	Congressional Testimony
Commercial Health Plans' Care Management Activities and the Impact on Costs, Quality and OutcomesDebra A. Draper	April 11, 2007	Congressional Testimony
Consumer Price Shopping in Health Care	March 15, 2006	Congressional Testimony
Containing Health Care Costs: Market Forces and RegulationPaul B. Ginsburg	June 30, 2011	Testimony
Contrary to Cost-Shift Theory, Lower Medicare Hospital Payment Rates for Inpatient Care Lead to Lower Private Payment RatesChapin White	May 2013	Journal Article Health Affairs
Cost and Access Challenges: A Comparison of Experiences Between Uninsured and Privately Insured Adults Aged 55 to 64 with Seniors on MedicareTracy Yee, Peter J. Cunningham, Gretchen Jacobson, Tricia Neuman, Zachary Levinson	May 2012	Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief
Don't Break Out the Champagne: Continued Slowing of Health Care Spending Growth Unlikely to LastPaul B. Ginsburg	January/February 2008	Journal Article Health Affairs
Follow the Money: Factors Associated with the Cost of Treating High-Cost Medicare BeneficiariesJames D. Reschovsky, Jack Hadley, Cynthia B. Saiontz-Martinez, Ellyn R. Boukus	Feb. 11, 2011	Journal Article Health Services Research
Health Care's Role in Deficit Reduction—Guiding PrinciplesPaul B. Ginsburg, Chapin White	Oct. 27, 2011	Journal Article New England Journal of Medicine
Health Spending:Paul B. Ginsburg	January/February 1999	Health Affairs
Health System Change:Paul B. Ginsburg, Joy M. Grossman	Winter 1995	Health Affairs
Hearing on Pricing Practices of Hospitals	June 22, 2004	Congressional Testimony
High Prices, Low Transparency: The Bitter Pill of Health Care CostsPaul B. Ginsburg	June 18, 2013	Senate Testimony
Hospital Payment Systems: Will Payers Like the Future Better than the Past?Len M. Nichols, Ann S. O'Malley	January/February 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Hospital Spending Drives Largest Health Care Cost Increase in a Decade	September 26, 2001
How Consumers Shop for Health Care When They Pay Out of Pocket: Evidence from the LASIK Self-Pay Market	July 18, 2006	Congressional Testimony
Increasing Stress on the U.S. Health Care System: Structural Crisis or Temporary?Len M. Nichols	March 10, 2003	Congressional Testimony
Insurance Premiums and Insurance Coverage of Near-Poor ChildrenJack Hadley, James D. Reschovsky, Peter J. Cunningham, Genevieve Kenney, Melanie Au	Winter 2006/2007	Journal Article Inquiry