Improving healthcare affordability in the United States

As patients, families, employees, and taxpayers, we are paying too much for our healthcare compared to other nations and our health outcomes are no better. The Peterson Center on Healthcare identifies and promotes promising solutions to help make healthcare more affordable, efficient, and effective.

Fostering Innovative Solutions

We advance novel ways to improve healthcare outcomes and lower costs.

Informing Purchasing Decisions

We help healthcare purchasers understand and address the key drivers of healthcare costs to advance affordability.

Tracking System Performance

We measure and analyze U.S. healthcare system performance to help decision-makers improve quality and reduce costs.

News & Views

Employers Require More Help to Improve Healthcare Affordability

Caroline Pearson writes in Bloomberg Law that ERISA reform is essential to ensuring that employees can access affordable healthcare.