This session will discuss the Affordable Care Act and the state of health coverage in the US, and with Cost Containment. The presentation will also consider in detail the recent efforts in Massachusetts to address cost growth. Massachusetts is home to the most expensive health care in the country and perhaps in the world. The presentation will review recent legislation and initiatives both by government and the industry to ‘bend the cost curve.’

96-A: The Affordable Care Act—A Summary of Its Effect on the System for the Finance and Delivery of Health Care in the US: The State of the States Before and Shortly After

Daniel W. Bailey, Áron Boros