In States With Health Care Spending Targets, Spending Growth Moderated In 2022 But Still Exceeded Targets

Health Affairs August 8, 2024
Jessica Mar, January Angeles

As of mid-2024, eight states have committed to a process to slow spending growth by establishing statewide targets for health care spending growth. This spring, five of them—Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Rhode Island—publicly shared their 2022 performance against their statewide spending targets. These comprehensive spending data sets are a key element of these states’ efforts to rein in overall health spending growth. They are unique in that they include aggregate data from commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare Advantage payers for all state residents. This differs from other data sources that are available at the state level, which are granular and may not capture the state’s entire population nor non-claims transactions.

In this article, we examine 2022 health care spending trends...

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