Did the ACA bring down healthcare costs?

A recent study of the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPCI), a 2012 CMS initiative in 500 practices to improve quality and reduce costs, found minimal effects on costs or outcomes after two years. read more

The ACA was never designed to “bring down healthcare costs”. It was designed to broaden healthcare coverage and to slow down the rising costs of care. Before the ACA, healthcare costs were purposefully low. read more

The United States spent an estimated $2.5 trillion on health care in 2009, which translated to per capita costs of $8,086—the highest in the world. Reining in health care costs is a major priority for policymakers. Yet during the debate over health reform, no clear consensus emerged about how best to do it. read more

Health care costs increased by 5.3 percent in 2014, from a low of 2.9 percent in 2013. The Office of the CMS Actuary estimated that increased use of health care services accounted for nearly 40 percent of the increase in per-capita health spending. read more