On September 8, 2011, Health Affairs held a briefing [1] to unveil its September 2011 issue, "The New Urgency to Lower Costs." The issue featured two articles from HCFO-funded studies and their authors spoke at the briefing. Patricia Ketsche, Ph.D., discussed results in her article "Lower Income Families Pay a Higher Share of Income Toward National Health Spending Than Higher Income Families Do [2]," and Glenn Melnick, Ph.D., presented findings from his study examining, "The Increased Concentration of Health Plan Markets Can Benefit Consumers Through Lower Hospital Prices [3]."
Links:
[1] http://www.healthaffairs.org/events/2011_09_08_confronting_costs/
[2] http://www.hcfo.org/publications/lower-income-families-pay-higher-share-income-toward-national-health-care-spending-high
[3] http://www.hcfo.org/publications/increased-concentration-health-plan-markets-can-benefit-consumers-through-lower-hospita
[4] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/costs-and-cost-containment