HealthExec December 1, 2021
Amy Baxter

Americans are paying more than ever for healthcare, but how much depends on where they live.

Not all states have the same affordability when it comes to healthcare. Altarum’s Healthcare Value Hub recently released its 2021 Healthcare Affordability State Policy Scorecard, ranking 50 states and the District of Columbia on their adoption of evidence-based policy actions to improve healthcare affordability for residents.

The rankings analyzed both policies and related outcomes across four affordability-related areas. Healthcare prices are a major driver of healthcare affordability, but public policies have also played a major role in overall affordability.

“Healthcare affordability is a top concern—often the [No. 1] concern—of healthcare consumers nationwide,” Altarum Healthcare Value Hub Director...

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