Massachusetts continues to struggle with its attempts to keep increases in healthcare spending in check.
A new report from the Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) found that total healthcare expenditures statewide were $57.2 billion in 2015, or $8,424 per person–up 3.9 percent from 2014. The CHIA benchmark was 3.6 percent.
“It’s a mixed bag,” said Lora Pellegrini, president of the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, told WBUR-TV. “The good news is that we’re growing slower than the national average. The bad news is that we missed the cost benchmark.” The state missed the 2014 spending benchmark as well, according to WBUR.
