title: Austerity program: States keep an eye on Mass. legislation limiting annual healthcare expenditures.
abstract: Massachusetts' landmark bill to contain healthcare spending has the attention of policymakers nationwide, as they wait to see which approaches in the law work. "This is a broad bill that uses a lot of different levers to make progress on healthcare affordability," says Sarah Iselin, left, of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation. "It's a complex challenge, and if there were one silver-bullet solution, we'd all be doing it."
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McKinney
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008404:Massachusetts; D011057:Politics