Montana's experiment with reference-based pricing: Will other states follow?

In 2014, the head of Montana's health care plan for state workers was told to bring prices down, "or else." She rose to the challenge.

By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News | June 25, 2018 at 10:28 AM

costs under control Increasing health care costs workers' wages Related: Health care could account for 38 percent of state spending by 2025 reference price

Did the state get the payments right?

Reaching out to the holdouts

signed on

Will others follow suit?

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit news service covering health issues. It is an editorially independent program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

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