Controlling Health Care Spending in Massachusetts

An Analysis of Options

Christine Eibner, Peter S. Hussey, M. Susan Ridgely, Elizabeth A. McGlynn

ResearchPublished Aug 17, 2009

Massachusetts passed legislation in 2006 ensuring health insurance to most residents, but rising costs and a weak economy threaten the sustainability of the reform. We analyzed 21 options for reducing health care spending in the state and identify those options that might produce savings over the next decade. Long-term solutions will require significant investments in information infrastructure and primary care capacity and fundamental change in health care delivery.

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Eibner, Christine, Peter S. Hussey, M. Susan Ridgely, and Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Controlling Health Care Spending in Massachusetts: An Analysis of Options. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2009. https://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR733.html.
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