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Why is U.S. Health Care So Costly? In an interview with the Web site, Big Think, RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey says that if we want to rein in health care costs and improve patient outcomes, we must find ways to deliver the right care at the right...	Video, President's Corner	07/24/2009
An Analysis of the Distribution of Cost-Sharing Levels in Individual and Small-Group Coverage New report explores how individual and small group benefits are currently structured and examines the policy implications for health reform.	Issue and policy briefs	07/20/2009
What Does It Cost Physician Practices To Interact With Health Insurance Plans? A new way of looking at administrative costs--one key point of comparison in debating public and private health reform approaches. Published In: Health Affairs (Web Exclusive)	Journal articles	05/14/2009
Financial and Health Burdens of Chronic Conditions Grow In 2007, more than 20 million people with chronic conditions lived in families with problems paying medical bills, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change.	Issue and policy briefs, Reports	04/02/2009
Taming Wide Variations in Spending Key to Health Reform Medicare spending estimates illustrate how huge inefficiencies in the U.S. health care system are hamstringing the nation's ability to expand access to care, according to an analysis published in the New England Journal of Medicine.	News releases	02/25/2009
Medical Malpractice Reform and Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Tort reform has not led to health care cost savings for individuals, raising the question of why consumers should trade off legal rights without economic gains. Published In: HSR: Health Services Research	Journal articles	12/10/2008
High and Rising Health Care Costs This synthesis sheds light on the driving forces behind health care spending and examines the reasons why health care costs continue to rise. Published In: The Synthesis Project	Video, Synthesis Project, Issue and policy briefs, Research and policy syntheses	10/15/2008
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care The Atlas gives those who use, provide, pay for and make policy about America's health care system the opportunity to compare the efficiency of states, regions, individual hospitals and associated physicians in treating chronically ill patients.	Promising practices from publications	06/05/2008
Discretionary Decision Making By Primary Care Physicians and the Cost of U.S. Health Care This paper investigates the relationship between health care use and primary care physicians' discretionary decision-making about medical interventions. Published In: Health Affairs	Journal articles	05/13/2008
Cost of Insurance Far Outpaces Income Americans who get health insurance for their families through their jobs have seen their premiums increase 10 times faster than their income in recent years, according to a new analysis of government data.	News releases	04/29/2008

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