This CIPR Research Brief is based on the following three papers to be published as the second part of the CIPR Study: Rising Health Care Costs Drivers, Challenges and Solutions:

1. Addressing High Health Care Cost Drivers—A Critical Role for Regulators by Joel White, President, Council for Affordable Health Coverage and
   Paul Hewitt, Senior Consulting Economist, Council for Affordable Health Coverage
2. Regional Cost Variation and the Collaborative Path to Affordability by Ellen Gagnon, Executive Director, Healthcare Affordability, Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement
3. Prescription Drug Cost Drivers by Susan Pantely, Principal and Consulting Actuary, Milliman and co-chairperson, Prescription Drug Work Group, American Academy of Actuaries

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