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Health Care Expenditure Collaborative Furthering Recommendation #1 from "For the Public's Health: Investing in a Healthier Future"

A 2012 Institute of Medicine report recommended that the Secretary of HHS set targets for life expectancy and per capita health (care) expenditure to bring the United States in line with the average among peer nations (per data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD). Eight years later, the US standing in life expectancy and spending has not improved. The Health Care Expenditure Collaborative is facilitating a dialogue and analysis about what is needed to change this.

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Options for Controlling Health Care Cost Growth, including Setting Targets: A Webinar

  • September 16, 2025
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
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This one-hour webinar will feature state efforts to control health care cost growth. Building on his recent Health Affairs article, Chris Koller from Milbank Memorial Fund will explore evidence and op...

Health Care Spending and Related Data: A Webinar

  • July 23, 2024
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
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  • Past

The vast U.S. health care sector is barely comprehensible with annual, national health expenditures estimated at $5.0 trillion in 2024. That level of spending, and public and decisionmaker knowledge o...

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