Insiders look under the hood at health care cost drivers

BOSTON聽鈥� A growing shift of patients receiving care in costlier settings is contributing to the ongoing rise in health care spending.

While average commercial health care spending grew by 8.8% from 2022 to 2024, less than half of that jump was driven purely by price growth, said David Auerbach, the Health Policy Commission's senior director of research and cost trends.

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