Health care costs in the U.S. over the last 20 years have grown faster than the cost of other goods and services. Commercial health care costs, which include about half the health care market, have grown faster than Medicaid and Medicare spending.

Our guest on this episode is Alyssa Vangeli, a senior consultant with Bailit Health, a consulting firm in Massachusetts where she works with states to provide health policy analysis and consulting around the commercial health market. Vangeli explained what's driving the increase in costs, which segments of the health care economy are seeing the greatest cost increases, and the efforts by the federal and state governments to better understand the cost drivers and try to contain them. She also offered examples of what different states are doing and the success of those efforts.

Resources

• 2023 Health Costs Seminar, NCSL
• Bailit Health
• Health Costs, Coverage, and Deliver State Legislation, NCSL
• Health Policy Snapshot: Addressing Commercial Health Care Prices, NCSL
• State Actions to Control Commercial Health Care Costs, NCSL
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