In response to a request from Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, health policy experts at the American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution worked together to compile a list of policy options to slow the rate of increase of health care costs and attract bipartisan support. Among the key policy proposals:

• Limit the tax exclusion of employer-sponsored insurance
• Ensure effective anti-trust enforcement
• Discourage state governments from inhibiting free market competition
• Prevent surprise out-of-network billing
• Encourage the use of more generic drugs in Medicare Part D