Policy Insights
NIHCM’s Policy Insights initiative examines the drivers of rising US health care costs and the policy strategies to improve affordability by commissioning leading health policy scholars to produce original analyses and convening expert-level roundtables.
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Published on: June 16, 2026.
NIHCM Policy Insights: Slowing Spending Growth in a High-Cost Era
NIHCM’s new Policy Insights initiative features original research from leading health policy scholars examining the drivers of rising US health care costs and strategies to improve affordability. In the first of the series, Melinda Buntin, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, explores the nation's health care affordability crisis: where spending is increasing, what is driving those increases, and what can be done to address rising health spending.
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