Benefits of Slower Health Care Cost Growth for Massachusetts Employees and Employers
April 26, 2012 --This report models the potential impact of slower than projected health care cost growth on the Massachusetts economy. The study finds that reductions to the growth rate of health insurance premiums would create significant benefits for the labor market, leaving billions of dollars in the hands of both workers and employers that would otherwise be lost to rising health care costs.
Health Care Costs and Spending in Massachusetts: A Review of the Evidence
March 23, 2012-- This comprehensive chart pack pulls together many of the major findings and analyses from recent state and national research efforts, covering numerous topics including Massachusetts health care cost drivers, variations in provider pricing as well as relevant comparisons between Massachusetts and the U.S. The chart pack is available both in pdf and PowerPoint formats to facilitate easy use of the graphs and data.
The Interactive Guide to Chapter 288
March 07, 2012-- An online, interactive guide to Chapter 288 of the Acts of 2010, Massachusetts' most recent health care cost containment law. This online tool includes full, up-to-date text, section-by-section summaries and links to relevant reports, commissions, state agencies and final regulations.
Beyond Parity: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder under Payment and Delivery System Reform in Massachusetts
October 24, 2011 -- This report explores the opportunities and implementation issues around integrating medical and behavioral health care under new payment and delivery system models.
Public Perceptions of Health Care Costs in Massachusetts
October 21, 2011 -- This poll probed Massachusetts residents on various questions related to health care costs including the public’s perception of major cost drivers, who they believe should take the lead on addressing costs and how important is it for the state to take major action.
Health Care Spending in Massachusetts: Is It a Crisis or Is It Critical?
August 02, 2011 -- An educational slide deck by Sarah Iselin, BCBSMA Foundation President, on health care costs in Massachusetts.
Access to and Affordability of Care in Massachusetts as of Fall 2008: Geographic and Racial/Ethnic Differences (Revised) 
September 10, 2009 -- This policy brief by Sharon Long of The Urban Institute measures geographic and racial disparities in access to health care in Massachusetts.
Shared Responsibility, Government, Business, and Individuals: Who Pays What for Health Reform?
April 14, 2009 -- This report by Robert Seifert and Paul Swoboda of the Center for Health Law and Economics at UMASS Medical School is the first assessment of how spending to insure hundreds of thousands of additional people in the Commonwealth is being shared.
Setting a Standard of Affordability for Health Insurance Coverage in Massachusetts
August 01, 2006 -- An examination of how to define affordability relative to the enforcement of the individual mandate requirement of the 2006 health reform law by John Holahan, Jack Hadley, and Linda Blumberg of The Urban Institute.