Oliver Wyman September 3, 2025
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Zeroing in on the labor intensity of care, a high administrative burden, and the growing cost of drugs can save more than $1.3 trillion over the next 10 years.

Healthcare’s affordability crisis is at a tipping point for everyone — insurers, providers, life science companies, government, employers, and, critically, consumers. For the first time since 2020, Americans cited healthcare costs as one of their top two financial concerns, according to a Gallup poll. The problem is only expected to worsen over time: Our analysis of federal data suggests that annual US healthcare spending will nearly double by 2035 to $9 trillion.

But this fate isn’t written in stone. In our work helping the nation’s biggest healthcare organizations optimize their performance,...

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Topics: Healthcare System, Pricing / Spending
Addressing Costs Through Pricing And Coverage Policy
The Persistent Rising Tide of U.S. Health Care Spending
Value-Based Payment And Managed Care Will Not Solve The Affordability Crisis
Congress eyes tackling healthcare consolidation
Health insurance CEOs point fingers over soaring health care costs

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