Center Studies Ways to Lower Health Care Costs

Overview

{"full_text":"Costs and Competition | Center on Health Insurance Reforms \n\nCosts and Competition\n\nConsumers are struggling to afford their health coverage and care, largely due to rising health care costs. \n\nWhat We Do\n\nOur experts at CHIR conduct research to assess the impact of federal and state policies to reduce costs and foster healthcare competition on consumers, patients, providers, and payers.

\n\nWhat We’re Working On\n\n Provider Costs and Billing Reform \n\n Corporatization of Health Care \n\n Employer-sponsored Insurance \n\n Transparency \n\nWhat's New\n\nBlog Posts\n\n What Medicare Hospital Payment Classifications Mean For Policy Making \n\n 2026-03-06 by CHIR Faculty \n\n Hospitals operate under different legal requirements and funding streams that shape their financial ... \n\n Costs and Competition , Provider Costs and Billing Reform \n\n hospital classification , hospital finances , hospital payment , Medicare \n\n So You Want to Tackle Health Care Affordability?

Here’s Where State Policymakers Can Start \n\n 2026-02-20 by Leila Sullivan \n\n As health care costs continue to strain families and employers, states are stepping up with proven s... \n\n Costs and Competition , Employer-sponsored Insurance , Transparency \n\n Beyond Benchmarks: Strengthening State Strategies to Contain Health Care Prices \n\n 2026-02-09 by CHIR Faculty \n\n Cost-growth benchmarks are intended to curb health care spending, but they are often insufficient on...

\n\n Costs and Competition , Provider Costs and Billing Reform \n\n consumers , cost-growth benchmarks , health reform , spending growth \n\n State Spotlight: Texas Confronts Anti-Competitive Tactics That Drive Up Health Care Costs \n\n 2026-01-22 by CHIR Faculty \n\n Texans are struggling to manage high and rising health care costs. In their latest State Spotlight, ...

\n\n Corporatization of Health Care , Costs and Competition , Provider Costs and Billing Reform \n\n health care consolidation , health care costs , health reform , hospital monopolies , texas \n\nEvents\n\n Untangling the Complex Web of Health Care Financial Interests \n\n March 27, 2026 \n\n at \n\n 1:00 pm \n\n Rapid integration of health care providers and insurers, private equity investment, and the emergenc... \n\n Costs and Competition \n\n Pulling Back the Curtain: Understanding Hospital Finances and Operations to Inform Policy Friday, February 20, 2026 \n\n February 20, 2026 \n\n at \n\n 1:00 pm \n\n Watch the recording here.

On Friday, February 20, 2026, Georgetown University�... \n\n Costs and Competition , Provider Costs and Billing Reform \n\n How Hospital Finances Shape Care and Costs in Your Community  \n\n January 29, 2026 \n\n at \n\n 1:00 pm \n\n On Thursday, January 29, 2026, Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reform... \n\n Corporatization of Health Care , Costs and Competition , Transparency \n\n Diabetes Treatment Innovation: Moving from Standards of Care to Coverage \n\n November 6, 2025 \n\n at \n\n 1:00 pm \n\n   On Thursday, November 6, 2025 Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms...

\n\n Costs and Competition , Employer-sponsored Insurance , Health Insurance Coverage \n\nNews\n\n Regulators could restrict stop-loss to rescue fully insured small-group plans \n\n February 18, 2026 \n\n Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces , Costs and Competition , Employer-sponsored Insurance , Health Insurance Coverage \n\n Hefty bills catch patients off guard \n\n February 4, 2026 \n\n Costs and Competition , Provider Costs and Billing Reform \n\n Are facility fees raising your medical bill? 26 \n\n January 29, 2026 \n\n Costs and Competition , Provider Costs and Billing Reform \n\nPublications\n\n Health Care Costs for Small Employers: Analysis of Market Challenges and Policy Solutions \n\n February 9, 2026 \n\n In this report, researchers partnered with health actuaries at Wakely Consulting Group (Wakely) to assess the current state of the market for small employer health insurance, the factors driving its decline, and the scope of potential policies to improve coverage affordability for small businesses and their workers.

\n\n Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces , Costs and Competition , Employer-sponsored Insurance , Health Insurance Coverage \n\n affordable care act , employer-based health insurance , ICHRAs , small-group market \n\n Charting a Path Forward for Health Care Affordability – Policy Solutions from a Diverse Group of Experts \n\n January 27, 2026 \n\n This brief explores policy opportunities such as price regulation, competition, transparency, and enforcement reforms to improve health care affordability. \r\n\nThis document overviews key terms, concepts, and measures related to hospital revenue from three payment types: Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance.

S. \r\n\n Corporatization of Health Care , Costs and Competition , Provider Costs and Billing Reform , Transparency \n\n The Complex Web of Health Care Financial Interests and Their Implications for Ever Higher Spending: An Expert Perspective \n\n October 28, 2025 \n\n Achieving cost containment in healthcare requires an understanding of the complex, often opaque, financial relationships now systemically connecting private insurers, providers, and middlemen businesses, and which are characterized by cost increasing incentives, conflicts of interests, and money flows unrelated to value or quality of care for patients.

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