Weiner, JanetMarks, CliffordPauly, Mark2023-05-222023-05-222017-03-022017-05-15https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/38090This 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.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/Affordable Care ActACAcost containmenthealth careHealth EconomicsBrief