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- June 20 2018The Massachusetts Taxpayer’s Foundation received a grant to create a report that will quantify the negative economic impact of the opioid epidemic on the Massachusetts economy. The report will produce needed information on the cost of the epidemic to employers and employees, the health care system, and state and municipal budgets.
- May 30 2018
Twenty prominent Massachusetts business organizations representing thousands of employers today announced an initiative to save $100 million in health care costs by reducing avoidable use of hospital emergency departments. The newly formed Massachusetts Employer-Led Coalition to Reduce Health Care Costs will work with doctors, hospitals, and health insurers to reduce inappropriate use of emergency departments by 20 percent in two years.
- November 16 2017Legislators are contemplating legislation designed to reduce cost in the state’s MassHealth program and in the health care industry more generally. The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation believes that meaningful legislation in this area is vital to the state budget as well as the overall economy and is on record supporting a host of reforms designed to bring down cost.
- March 10 2017
As health care costs continue to consume more of the state budget each year, Governor Baker's most recent budget proposal includes several bold policy provisions to curb this trend. This brief summarizes the Administration’s proposal, and highlights several conceptual and practical flaws that argue against its adoption.
- March 8 2017I am Eileen McAnneny, President of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. The Foundation’s mission is to provide accurate, unbiased research with balanced, thoughtful recommendations that strengthen the state's finances and economy in order to foster the long-term well-being of the Commonwealth.
- April 11 2016
MassHealth, the state’s Medicaid program, makes up 39 percent of spending in Governor Baker’s FY 2017 budget proposal – by far the single largest area of spending. This brief examines MassHealth spending in the Governor’s budget, strategies employed to control cost and other notable elements of his proposal.
- September 22 2014The Foundation’s latest report highlights that the soaring costs of retiree health care have consumed more than a quarter of the growth of property taxes in the state’s poorest communities since 2009. Addressing these huge unfunded liabilities must be a priority for the next Governor and Legislature.
- October 31 2013The Foundation testified on the enormous $46 billion in unfunded retiree health care liabilities facing Massachusetts state and municipal governments.
