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Advocates urge target increase in behavioral‑health spending to rebalance health system
Summary
Advocates asked the committee to back S.1399, which would require measurable increases in the share of total health spending devoted to behavioral health while remaining under the Health Policy Commission’s cost growth benchmark.
Representatives of statewide advocacy organizations urged the committee to support S.1399, which would require the Health Policy Commission (HPC) to set a baseline measure for behavioral‑health expenditures and a timetable for targeted increases while keeping total health spending within the state’s health care cost growth benchmark.
Jessica LaRochelle described the bill’s mechanics with a numerical example: if a…
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