About The Peterson Center on Healthcare
U.S. Healthcare is expensive and unsustainable.
Healthcare in the United States costs far too much compared to other nations and our health outcomes are no better.
The Peterson Center on Healthcare identifies and promotes promising solutions to improve healthcare affordability.
Healthcare spending is 18% of the U.S. economy—$4.3 trillion—and keeps rising. Despite this, the United States consistently has lower life expectancy, a higher maternal mortality rate and has seen declining health outcomes since the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to other wealthy countries. This leaves people with unnecessary, ineffective, or even harmful care.
The amount that America overspends on healthcare means less for everything else. It prevents investment in other critical priorities such as education, energy, housing, and infrastructure.
America’s healthcare system is capable of providing higher quality care at a lower cost. The Center is dedicated to making efficient, affordable, and effective healthcare a reality for all Americans.
Our Approach
Making higher-quality, more affordable healthcare a reality for all Americans.
The Peterson Center on Healthcare was established by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation to make higher-quality, more affordable healthcare a reality for all Americans.
The Center collaborates with stakeholders across healthcare, invests in strategic grantmaking, embraces innovative partnerships, and supports needed research. Its work strengthens America’s health data infrastructure, informs and improves healthcare purchasing, and fosters innovative solutions that reduce costs and make care more affordable, efficient, and effective.
Understanding what works—and identifying and scaling high-value solutions—is at the core of our approach.
Staff & Leadership
The team at the Peterson Center on Healthcare embodies a commitment to achieving better healthcare at a lower cost through their deep understanding of the U.S. healthcare system and their passion for improving it. The Center’s staff, along with the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and the Center’s Advisory Board, guide overall strategy and ensure work is action-oriented and impactful.
Grants
The Peterson Center on Healthcare partners with a range of organizations to bring quality, affordable healthcare to all Americans. Grants, partnerships, and initiatives engage stakeholders with varied perspectives to strengthen health data infrastructure, inform healthcare purchasing, and advance innovative solutions to rising costs.
Join Our Team
The Peterson Center on Healthcare seeks creative, engaged, and knowledgeable professionals with a passion to drive meaningful impact to contribute to the Center’s mission of making higher quality, more affordable healthcare a reality for all Americans.