States Are Exceeding Their Health Care Cost Growth Targets. What Does It Mean? Michael Bailit,January Angeles,andRachel Block June 16, 2026

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/states-exceeding-their-health-care-cost-growth-targets-does-mean?utm_campaign=forefront&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9SNIrEBZeJgoNz64WO4K-3_fnjxkPUYvcrcNpUFnDC2yWxKvRyGSM6uXIMnL3-u6E_l6g1-66Dsz3Jb8R9R1BDiTUGMA&_hsmi=424329869&utm_source=hasu That most states have exceeded their cost growth targets is not evidence that the targets have failed—it is evidence that complementary policies are needed to address the cost drivers that the target programs are revealing.