The Commonwealth Fund

Lewin contact: John Sheils

This document is a compilation of the technical documentation developed for the Commonwealth Fund analysis of options for reducing health spending growth entitled “Bending the Curve.” In this analysis, we provided cost analyses for 15 alternatives for reducing health care costs. We developed these analyses with the Lewin Group Health Benefits Simulation Model (HBSM) and the best available data. For each of the 15 options, we provide a narrative summary of the proposal, a review of the available research and evidence on the option and our estimates of the program’s impact over five- and ten-year periods.

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