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Massachusetts state capitol

Controlling Health Care Costs

How the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission Is Fostering a Statewide Commitment to Contain Health Care Spending Growth

Case Study / Mar 05, 2020

Illustration of patient wearing an arm sling releasing dollar bills with planet Earth in the background

Improving Health Care Quality

U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2019: Higher Spending, Worse Outcomes?

Issue Briefs / Jan 30, 2020

Medicare beneficiary and baby boomer daughter walking

Controlling Health Care Costs

The Slowdown in Medicare Spending Growth for Baby Boomers and Older Beneficiaries

Issue Briefs / Dec 27, 2019

Household figures out budget due to health care costs

Controlling Health Care Costs

How Much U.S. Households with Employer Insurance Spend on Premiums and Out-of-Pocket Costs: A State-by-State Look

Issue Briefs / May 23, 2019

2018

Improving Health Care Quality

10 Notable Health Care Events of 2018

Blog / Dec 27, 2018

Medicare low-income beneficiary

Controlling Health Care Costs

A Policy Option to Enhance Access and Affordability for Medicare’s Low-Income Beneficiaries

Issue Briefs / Sep 12, 2018

drug prices in other countries

Controlling Health Care Costs

Three Essentials for Negotiating Lower Drug Prices

Blog / Aug 22, 2018

Medicare dual eligible woman

Controlling Health Care Costs

Medicare Spending Growth for Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries Has Trended Down Since 2011

Journal Article / Aug 07, 2018

Generic drugs, which may be less afrodable due to proposed CREATES amendment

Controlling Health Care Costs

Proposed CREATES Amendment Could Impede the Availability of Affordable Generic Drugs

Blog / Jul 17, 2018

Prescription drug prices are soaring

Controlling Health Care Costs

Trump Administration’s Prescription Drug “Blueprint” to Tackle High U.S. Prices Will Need More Action Steps

Blog / May 17, 2018

Maryland Global Budget Program

Controlling Health Care Costs

Changes in Hospital Utilization Three Years into Maryland’s Global Budget Program for Rural Hospitals

Journal Article / Apr 03, 2018

Maryland Rural Scene

Controlling Health Care Costs

Maryland’s Global Budget Program: Still an Option for Containing Costs

Blog / Apr 03, 2018

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