In this Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker brief, we examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by race and ethnicity through the lens of premature mortality, using the measures of premature mortality rate and years of life lost among excess deaths that occurred during the pandemic.
Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
Eight Trends Shaping 2026 Healthcare Costs
Peterson Center on Healthcare staff collaborated with KFF to identify the healthcare cost drivers that stakeholders should be watching.
Peterson Center on Healthcare Supports Launch of the Yale Health Care Affordability Lab
The Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale is a new initiative to curb rising U.S. healthcare spending by producing timely, rigorous, policy-relevant health economics research.
Why Americans pay so much more for healthcare in 2024
Executive Director Caroline Pearson reflects on why Americans continue to pay more for healthcare each year in USA TODAY.