Spending on Massachusetts health care has grown more than twice as fast as state hoped, new report shows - The Boston Globe

Health care spending in Massachusetts soared 8.6 percent to $78.1 billion in 2023, more than double the 3.6 percent annual growth benchmark set by the state to try to rein in medical expenditures ... Read More

Massachusetts advocates fear Trump’s bill will unravel health safety net in Obamacare’s model state

Trump and Republican supporters in Congress say the changes are necessary to root out what they call fraud, waste and abuse. Read More

New Law Slashes Health Care Spending and Cuts Coverage—What That Means For You

Congress formalized a massive budget bill that cuts more than $1 trillion in federal health care spending to programs like Medicaid and SNAP. Read More

Massachusetts regulators warn of out-of-control health care costs | WBUR News

Between 2019 and 2021, per-capita commercial health care spending rose an average of 5% each year, more than a full point above the national growth rate and twice the rate by which incomes ... Read More

Health care spending spike comes with call for “bold action”

Health care spending in Massachusetts continued to grow faster than household incomes, according to new research, fueling concerns about access to care even before accounting for more recent upheav… ... Read More

Healthcare spending, drug costs, premiums spike in Massachusetts

“Even accounting for rebates, prescription drug spending grew more than 7% per year from 2019 to 2022 for those with private health insurance, 10 times faster than in previous years. Read More

A Road Map For Action On Health Care Spending And Value: Part III – Spending Growth Targets

In Massachusetts, another approach to slow health care spending has been undertaken by the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC), an independent state agency established by legislation in 2012. Read More

Standardizing State Health Spending | Health Affairs

It’s well known that health care spending per person in the United States is higher, and in some cases much higher, than many peer countries. While this is true for the US as a whole, it is not ... Read More

Better Benefits Guide names MA the top health care state in the USA - Wicked Local

Out of a total score of 10, Massachusetts registered an 8.55 in states with the best health care, with California in second with an 8.43 and New York at number three with an 8.25. Read More

California Becomes Latest State To Try Capping Health Care Spending

But more recently, health spending has greatly increased. In 2022, growth in health care expenditures exceeded Massachusetts’ target by a wide margin. The Health Policy Commission, the state agency ... Read More

Why do Americans pay more for health care than any other nation? - USA TODAY

Of the $4.5 trillion spent on U.S. health care in 2022, hospitals collected 30% of that total health spending, according to data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Doctors rank ... Read More