Healthcare Cost Crunch: Understanding Drivers and Designing Solutions in Mass.

Note: Doors will open for networking at 8 AM. The Program will run from 9 to 10:45 AM Massachusetts is a national leader in healthcare, but soaring costs are putting immense pressure on families, employers, and providers. With spending outpacing the state’s cost-growth benchmark, how can we realistically contain costs while maintaining high-quality care? Join MASSterList and key healthcare leaders on Thursday, October 8, for an urgent, data-driven conversation about the forces driving healthcare costs on Beacon Hill and the critical policy choices facing the Commonwealth. SPEAKERS • Dr. Kiame Mahaniah – Secretary of Health and Human Services, Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) • Dr. Michael E. Chernew – Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy & Director, Healthcare Markets and Regulation Lab, Harvard Medical School • Dr. Zirui Song – Associate Professor of Health Care Policy and Medicine, Harvard Medical School & Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital For questions, contact Dylan Rossiter, State House News Service / MASSterList Vice President, [email protected]