A Health Podyssey

← A Health Podyssey11 aug · 18 min

How Inflation Skewed State Health Care Spending Targets

How Inflation Skewed State Health Care Spending Targets11 aug18 min

Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lott speaks to Keith Ericson of Boston University about his recent paper exploring how inflation-adjusted spending benchmarks would provide a more accurate picture of state health care cost growth.

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