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A new blog article published for Health Affairs entitled "Can Public Option Plans Improve Affordability? Insights From Colorado". Authored by Roslyn Murray and Christopher Whaley.

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A new article entitled "In States With Health Care Spending Targets, Spending Growth Moderated In 2022 But Still Exceeded Targets" authored by January Angeles and Jessica Mar, MPH for Health Affairs Blog

In States With Health Care Spending Targets, Spending Growth Moderated In 2022 But Still Exceeded Targets | Health Affairs Forefront Results from the most recent cost growth target data collection in five states underscore the need for states to keep up pressure on curbing health care costs to make health care more affordable.

A new blog post entitled “Ensuring Health Care Cost Growth Targets Promote Health Equity" written for the Milbank Memorial Fund

Ensuring Health Care Cost Growth Targets Promote Health Equity | Milbank Memorial Fund State strategies for adopting a health equity lens in the development, assessment, and reporting of cost growth targets with the aim of making the health care system both more affordable and more equitable

New publication authored by Bailit Health for The Commonwealth Fund entitled “Ten Strategies to Help States Slow Health Care Cost Growth in the Commercial Market"

State Strategies for Slowing Health Care Cost Growth in the Commercial Market State policymakers can address rising costs in the commercial market with strategies on global spending, provider/drug prices, utilization, and administration.

New expert perspective published for SHVS and authored by Michael Bailit and Jennifer Sayles entitled "Ensuring Medicaid MCO Enrollees Receive Necessary Care During COVID-19". https://bit.ly/2020-0720-bhp-shvs

The expert perspective outlines actions states can take to ensure their Medicaid managed care plans deliver needed services during the pandemic. Recommendations include measuring the impact of COVID-19 on Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) enrollees and assessing what steps MCOs have taken to address member needs, including those of subpopulations, during the pandemic.

Ensuring Medicaid MCO Enrollees Receive Necessary Care During COVID-19 Ensuring Medicaid MCO Enrollees Receive Necessary Care During COVID-19