FROM THE FOUNDATION

All Over the Map

Newly updated to include breast cancer, prostate cancer, and spine procedures, this CHCF-sponsored research shows that practice patterns vary dramatically from place to place.

Medi-Cal Transforms

Medi-Cal is the main source of health insurance for one in five Californians. An updated report gives an overview of the program's key features, describes how the program is evolving, and examines the challenges ahead.

Obama Care in the Second Term

CHCF is a long-time sponsor of the UC Irvine Forecast Conference. A webcast of this year's conference on health policy in President Obama's second term is now available.

Health Care Costs

Friday, September 28, 2012

GOP Says Report Shows Failure of ACA To Curb Costs

On Tuesday, House Ways and Means Committee Republicans cited a recent Health Care Cost Institute report -- which found that per capita health care spending increased by 4.6% in 2011, up from a 3.8% increase in 2010 -- as evidence that the Affordable Care Act "has failed to deliver." HCCI Chair Martin Gaynor said new regulations under the ACA could be contributing to rising costs. However, HHS officials said that costs are rising at a slower rate than they did before the ACA was passed.



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