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
Policy in Action: Advancing Healthcare Affordability Through Strategic Engagement
In this letter, the Center’s Executive Director Caroline Pearson outlines recent policy engagements to advance healthcare affordability.
Peterson Center on Healthcare Adds Senior Health Policy Experts to Its Staff
Andrea Ducas and Ellen Lukens both have extensive expertise in healthcare and in the processes and policies that facilitate efficient care delivery.
Center Responds to CMS Proposed Rule on Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
The Center offers recommendations to strengthen hospital price transparency, advance site-neutral payment policy, and improve Medicare Advantage data reporting.
Center Responds to CMS Proposed Rule on Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
The Center offers recommendations to align Medicare payments with clinical value, advance digital mental health treatment, and promote high-value digital health tools.
Center Responds to RFI on Hospital Price Transparency
The Center offers recommendations to strengthen hospital pricing transparency, establish clearer compliance standards, and enhance market competition through better healthcare data.
Insights from a Discussion of Transparency in Coverage Data
The Center convened experts at AcademyHealth’s ARM to discuss how they are using TiC data to understand healthcare pricing and inform purchasing and policy.
Center Responds to RFI on Modernizing the Medicare Digital Health Ecosystem
The Center offers recommendations to modernize Medicare’s digital ecosystem, promote high-value health technology, and leverage transparency for better care.
How much does insurance cost for a family in 2025?
Executive Director Caroline Pearson spoke with USA TODAY about how inflated healthcare costs strain employers and employees alike.