Health Affairs March 25, 2024
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 2024. Readers are encouraged to review the Call for Submissions for this series. We are grateful to Arnold Ventures for their support of this work.
Accelerating health care cost growth threatens the financial stability of US employers and consumers. As purchasers of health care coverage for nearly half of Americans, employers are well-positioned, but presently ill-equipped, to press their health plans, third-party administrators (TPAs), and vendors to deliver greater value for...