title: Effects of the ACA on Health Care Cost Containment.
abstract: This brief reviews the evidence on how key ACA provisions have affected the growth of health care costs. Coverage expansions produced a predictable jump in health care spending, amidst a slowdown that began a decade ago. Although we have not returned to the double-digit increases of the past, the authors find little evidence that ACA cost containment provisions produced
  changes necessary to "bend the cost curve." Cost control will likely play a prominent role in the next round of health reform and will be critical to sustaining coverage gains in the long term.
authors.affiliation: Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weiner
authors.forename: Clifford
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.affiliation: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pauly
mesh_terms: D060866:Accountable Care Organizations / Q000191:economics; D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000191:economics; D003363:Cost Control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D017046:Cost Savings / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D017050:Episode of Care; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D062265:Health Insurance Exchanges / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*; D013660:Taxes / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States
keywords: ACA Impact Series