Patrick-Murray Administration Convenes Hearings on Health Care Costs

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 11, 2010

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PATRICK-MURRAY ADMINISTRATION CONVENES HEARINGS ON HEALTH CARE COSTS

Insurers, providers and industry experts to testify on rising health care costs

BOSTON - As part of the Patrick-Murray Administration's efforts to provide control rising health care costs, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and its Division of Health Care Finance and Policy will convene three days of cost containment hearings, beginning March 16. The hearings will examine the key components of rising health care costs and detail the Administration's proposals for mitigating costs. Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. JudyAnn Bigby will open the hearings, which continue on March 18 and 19 at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.

WHAT:	Division of Health Care Finance and Policy (HCFP) Cost Containment Hearings
WHO:	Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. JudyAnn Bigby HCFP Commissioner David Morales Division of Insurance Commissioner Joseph Murphy Department of Public Health Commissioner John Auerbach Massachusetts Attorney General 's Office Health industry experts and advocates
WHEN:	Tuesday, March 16 Thursday, March 18 Friday, March 19 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
WHERE:	University of Massachusetts, Boston University Club, 11th Floor 100 Morrisey Boulevard

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Comments

[jodie mattern]

Everyone would be off of mass health and save the state tons of money if they had to pass random drug tests to be on it.