Policy approaches to reduce what commercial health insurers pay for hospitals’ and physicians’ services

Policy approaches to reduce what commercial health insurers pay for hospitals’ and physicians’ services

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Cohen, Michael, (Of Congressional Budget Office), author
Pelech, Daria, author
Stockley, Karen, author
Contributor(s):
United States. Congressional Budget Office, issuing body.
Publication:
[Washington, D.C.] : Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2022
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Cost Control
Health Care Costs -- statistics & numerical data
Health Policy -- economics
Insurance, Health -- economics
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Motivation for this report. (1) The prices commercial insurers pay to providers are much higher (on average) than the prices paid by Medicare and other payers. (2) Prices are a key driver of health insurance premiums for people under 65, the cost of which is paid by (i) Individuals, (ii) employers, (iii) the federal government ($405 billion in 2022). (3) The Congress is interested in policies that would reduce prices and, subsequently, premiums. Questions the report answers. (1) How high are commercial insurers’ prices? (2) Why are they high? (3) What policies could reduce prices? (4) How much would those policies reduce prices? (5) What are the effects on the federal budget?
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (31 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918504485106676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918504485106676