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Report
National Health Spending Almanac — 2025 Edition
National health care spending totaled $4.9 trillion in 2023. The Almanac report provides a detailed look at national health care spending.
Facts and Data
Health Care Cost Commissions: How Eight States Address Cost Growth
Health Care Costs/Affordability
Markets or Monopolies? Considerations for Addressing Health Care Consolidation in California
Health Care Costs/Affordability
Ever-Rising Health Costs Worsen California’s Coronavirus Threat
Health Care Costs/Affordability
Commissioning Change: How Four States Use Advisory Boards to Contain Health Spending
Health Care Costs/Affordability
Report
The Sky’s the Limit
California pays significantly more for common health care services than the rest of the country, and the gap has been widening. A critical factor in the fast growth of prices is market concentration — including hospital consolidation and physician integration — which has been proliferating in the state. The Sky’s the Limit: Health Care Prices…
Health Care Costs/Affordability
Getting to Affordability: Spending Trends and Waste in California’s Health Care System
Health Care Costs/Affordability
Aligning Health Cost Growth with Economic Growth Would Save Californians Billions
Health Care Costs/Affordability
