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
Tough Trade-offs: Medical Bills, Family Finances and Access to CareJessica H. May, Peter J. Cunningham	June 2004	Issue Brief No. 85
Rising Health Costs, Medical Debt and Chronic ConditionsHa T. Tu	September 2004	Issue Brief No. 88
Tracking Health Care Costs: Spending Growth Slowdown Stalls in First Half of 2004Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg	December 2004	Issue Brief No. 91
More Americans Willing to Limit Physician-Hospital Choice for Lower Medical CostsHa T. Tu	March 2005	Issue Brief No. 94
An Update on Americans' Access to Prescription DrugsMarie C. Reed	May 2005	Issue Brief No. 95
Medicare Seniors Much Less Willing to Limit Physician-Hospital Choice for Lower CostsHa T. Tu	June 2005	Issue Brief No. 96
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
Shopping for Price in Medical CarePaul B. Ginsburg	Feb. 6, 2007	Journal Article Health Affairs
Tracking Health Care Costs: Declining Growth Trend Pauses in 2004Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg, John P. Cookson	June 21, 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
Self-Pay Markets in Health Care: Consumer Nirvana or Caveat Emptor?Ha T. Tu, Jessica H. May	Feb. 6, 2007	Journal Article Health Affairs
Tracking Health Care Costs: Trends Turn Downward in 2003Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg	June 9, 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
The Growing Financial Burden of Health Care: National and State Trends, 2001-2006Peter J. Cunningham	March 25, 2010	Journal Article Health Affairs
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
Tracking Health Care Costs: Continued Stability But at High Rates in 2005Paul B. Ginsburg, Bradley C. Strunk, Michelle I. Banker, John P. Cookson	Oct. 3, 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Tracking Health Care Costs: Growth Accelerates Again in 2001Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg, Jon R. Gabel	Sept. 25, 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
The Effect of Population Aging on Future Hospital DemandBradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg, Michelle I. Banker	March 28, 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
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
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
Medicaid Cost Containment and Access to Prescription DrugsPeter J. Cunningham	May/June 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
Achieving Health Care Cost Containment Through Provider Payment Reform that Engages Patients and ProvidersPaul B. Ginsburg	May 2013	Journal Article Health Affairs