Massachusetts Panel Reviews Health Care Cost Control Efforts

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill

Published October 13, 2013 at 12:54 PM EDT

While Obamacare is being rolled out across the country Massachusetts, which pioneered the health care reform, is moving to the next step—cost containment. A watchdog agency charged with monitoring health care delivery and payment reforms recently held two days of hearings to examine health care cost trends. The state has set a cost growth benchmark at 3.6 percent for this year and next. WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with the chairman of the Health Policy Commission, Dr. Stuart Altman.

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