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News Article
April 2024 Michael Bailit,
A table showing state target values for 2024 and beyond, as available. More
Blog Post
April 2024 Rachel Block,
Slower systemwide health care spending growth could allow employers to put more dollars into wages or invest it elsewhere. More
Publication
April 2024 Nathan Pauly, Lauren Sears, Amy Zhan, Kevin McAvey, Sarah Kinsler, Peter Hayes, Christopher Romero-Gutierrez, Michael Bailit,
A new series of Peterson-Milbank analytics support resources offers insight into how to use publicly available data sources to examine the financial condition of hospitals, as well as identify opportunities to reduce health care spending growth while avoiding any unintended consequences that might result. More
Event
March 2024
Join a Peterson-Milbank for Sustainable Health Care Program webinar, Leveraging Hospital Financial Analyses to Inform State Policy, on April 9, 2024, from 2 to 3 p.m. ET, for a look at the forthcoming “Guide to Hospital Financial Analyses,” and a discussion with state leaders who are using this data to inform their understanding of their health care markets and potential policy responses. More
February 2024
This short video explains health care cost growth targets, which set a spending goal that health industry stakeholders commit to in order to identify policies that will make health care more affordable. More
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
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
