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.
News & Views
States Advance Healthcare Affordability Amidst Uncertainty
Amidst uncertainty about how federal health policies will evolve, states continue to lead the charge to improve healthcare affordability.
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.
Statement on 50th Anniversary of ERISA
Caroline Pearson, Executive Director of the Peterson Center on Healthcare, stated the following ahead of the 50th anniversary of ERISA.
Can eConsults reduce commercial health spending? Learnings from an Arkansas pilot study
The Center has published learnings from its Arkansas pilot study on eConsults.
Center Staff Testifies Before Congress on Data Access to Strengthen ERISA and Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits
Mairin Mancino testified before Congress regarding the importance of data access to strengthen ERISA and employer-sponsored health benefits.
Empowering Employer Purchasers: Recommendations to Support Market Transparency and Health System Performance
Center staff discuss how employers and purchasers must be equipped with usable health care market data and enabled to use such information effectively.
New Report Finds That Digital Diabetes Management Tools Fail to Deliver Meaningful Health Benefits to Patients While Increasing Spending
Independent evaluation from Peterson Health Technology Institute recommends new directions for digital diabetes solutions.
Ending Health Care’s Affordability Crisis Begins With Actions to Fix State Markets
Caroline Pearson emphasizes the benefits of states being able to more easily engage with local employers, healthcare providers, and payers.