This Health Policy 101 chapter explores trends in health care costs in the U.S. and the factors that contribute to this spending. It also examines how health care spending varies across the populat...
Health-care spending is rising in the U.S. more than anywhere else around the world.
The United States spends twice as much per person on health care as similar nations, but where is it all going? See what drives high health care costs.
Health-care spending is consistently rising around the world, but the United States is the worst performer when it comes to controlling costs. A lack of universal coverage in the U.S. and a fragmen...
A decade ago, the administrative costs of health care in the United States greatly exceeded those in Canada. We investigated whether the ascendancy of computerization, managed care, and the adoptio...
When businesses think their costs are high and uncompetitive, they use a practical tool called benchmarking: they compare their costs and quality to peers and determine where the difference (“gap”)...
U.S. health care costs continue to rise, despite the advent of the Affordable Care Act. In this article, we'll look at the annual increase for health care and compare it to overall inflation.
25% in 2016. "There is a lot of data showing that when you raise health care costs, people will receive less care," Rask says. "But it doesn't mean that they only stop unnecessary care....
More taxpayer dollars go to health care in the U.S. than in countries with single-payer systems. CMS study says 41% of all health care spending is public.
A new report challenges much of the current understanding of health care in America and why it's so expensive.