The Affordability Accelerator: A Road Map to Improve Patient Out-of-Pocket Costs and Trustworthiness in Health Care

Costs of Care convened an Affordability Accelerator to identify concrete strategies that health systems can use to help patients make informed, shared decisions and reduce out-of-pocket health care costs.

Summary

Health care affordability, as indicated by out-of-pocket costs, is a leading health care concern for Americans. However, efforts to increase health care value have remained focused on reducing the total costs of care, with little attention to rising out-of-pocket costs. Addressing health care affordability requires new strategies and interventions for health systems and policy makers to create meaningful improvement. In this article, authors from Costs of Care describe the Affordability Accelerator, a national convening of patients, care teams,...