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Costs and Competition

Consumers are struggling to afford their health coverage and care, largely due to rising health care costs. Our team of nationally recognized experts investigates policy solutions to restrain health care cost growth, improve the affordability of health insurance, and promote a high-quality healthcare system that works for consumers and patients.

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Our experts at CHIR conduct research to assess the impact of federal and state policies to reduce costs and foster healthcare competition on consumers, patients, providers, and payers. We provide unbiased, relevant, and timely information, analysis, and technical assistance to policymakers, regulators, and stakeholders seeking a marketplace where consumers have access to affordable and high quality healthcare coverage.

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The Complex Web of Health Care Financial Interests and Their Implications for Ever Higher Spending: An Expert Perspective

Achieving cost containment in healthcare requires an understanding of the complex, often opaque, financial relationships now systemically connecting private insurers, providers, and middlemen businesses, and which are characterized by cost increasing incentives, conflicts of interests, and money flows unrelated to value or quality of care for patients.

Corporatization of Health Care, Costs and Competition