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Focus Area
Publication
January 2024 Erin C. Fuse Brown, Katherine L. Gudiksen,
Erin C. Fuse Brown of Georgia State University and Katherine L. Gudiksen of the Source on Healthcare Price and Competition offer recommendations and policy considerations for state policymakers to strengthen oversight authority of health care transactions. More
News Article
December 2023 Jessica Mar, January Angeles,
Even after accounting for rebates, prescription drug spending has continued to grow at an unaffordable rate, according to a new analysis of three states with health care cost growth targets, More
Blog Post
December 2023 Christopher Romero-Gutierrez, Michael H. Bailit,
Analysis of commercial insurer date in all-payer claims databases finds that increases in use of medical services and drug price increases in 2021 drove higher spending. More
November 2023 Mary Louise Gilburg,
Large shares of people with health insurance say that they cannot afford needed health care, according to a new affordability report from the… More
November 2023 Nathan Pauly, Lauren Sears, Amy Zhan, Kevin McAvey,
The Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs had developed a suite of analytic resources on health care cost and affordability data to provide states with direction on how to access, integrate, and analyze health care data resources. More
October 2023 Mary Louise Gilburg, Christine Haran,
3 Takeaways: Point out that health care costs are not only high, but also inflated and widely variable. Highlight where… More
Event
October 2023
Last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a new state total cost of care model called the States Advancing All-Payer… More
August 2023 Christopher F. Koller,
This summer could well be remembered for two things — record heat and “Barbenheimer.” The first phenomenon may be a harbinger of what’s to… More
July 2023 Mary Louise Gilburg,
In early 2023, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Rhode Island publicly reported on commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare state-level… More
July 2023
Last month, the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) held its first Cost Growth Benchmark Hearing to discuss health care affordability challenges in the state with consumers, employer purchasers, and representatives of the health care industry More
