Affordability

Covered California Looks at Specialty Drug Costs for Consumers

With its second annual open enrollment campaign completed, Covered California is now turning its attention to some of the complicated, critical issues around benefit design.

Will Health Cost Burdens Fall Under the ACA?

November 12, 2014

Coverage Trends, Health Care Costs, Payment & Financing

The burden of health care costs — insurance premiums and out-of-pocket expenses — is an indicator of the relative economic pinch that families feel in their household budgets.

Evaluation of a Model Comparative Drug Price Resource

Marcia Hams and Wells Wilkinson, Community Catalyst

Health Care Costs

If primary care physicians know the price of the medications they prescribe, they are more likely to discuss affordability and adherence and to encourage shared decisionmaking with patients.

Moving Markets: Lessons from New Hampshire’s Health Care Price Transparency Experiment

Ha Tu, Rebecca Gourevitch

Expanding Health Coverage, Health Care Costs

CHCF and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation supported an examination of New Hampshire price transparency measures in health care markets.

Expanding the Universal Medication Schedule: A Patient-Centered Approach

Northwestern University

Clear labeling of prescription pill bottles promotes adherence and safety. This CHCF-funded report has recommendations for other self-administered drugs.

December 9, 2013

Briefing — Inside the Black Box: The Future of Price Transparency in California

Health Care Costs

December 9, 2013

This Sacramento briefing explores the state of pricing transparency, provides examples of effective practices for sharing price information, and covers potential strategies for driving transparency forward in California.