HPC Shorts Episode 6: The Massachusetts Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark

Massachusetts established the first-in-the-nation health care cost growth benchmark in 2012 as an important tool to help mitigate the trend of rising health care costs. The state engages in an annual process to measure and monitor spending performance relative to this benchmark, including convening an annual hearing every March. This episode of HPC Shorts explains that process, examines total health care spending against the benchmark over time, and describes the significant impact the benchmark can have on the residents of the Commonwealth.