All About Rising Health Care Costs and What Legislators Can Do to Ease the Burden: Legislator Guides

Health care costs are a top concern for US voters of both parties. That’s because ever-rising health care costs are a core economic issue that is making it difficult for people to get the health care they need, and to afford other necessities in their lives. Health care costs likewise make it tough for local small businesses to survive. In a two-part guide for legislators, the Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs explains health care cost trends and leading cost drivers, as well as state policies to track and slow health care spending.