Health Affairs August 8, 2025
Editor’s Note
This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider prices in the private-sector markets and their contribution to overall spending therein. Additional articles will be published throughout 2025. Readers are encouraged to review the Call for Submissions for this series. We are grateful to Arnold Ventures for their support of this work.
The national conversation about rising health care costs often centers on visible pain points: the relentless growth in insurance premiums and the ever-increasing deductibles and cost sharing that families must meet. While these direct costs are significant, they represent only the surface of a much deeper...
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