The Health Care Value Hub (“the Hub”) is proud to launch the 2024 Health Care Affordability Policy Snapshot (“Affordability Snapshot”) which replaces the annual Healthcare Affordability Scorecard (“Scorecard”). The Affordability Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states.

The Snapshot explores policies impacting health care affordability across four categories:

​​​​​​1. Curb Excess Prices in the System
2. Improve Oversight, Accountability, and Transparency
3. Address Consolidation and Promote Competition
4. Make Out-of-Pocket Costs Affordable

Policies were selected based on whether they have the potential to impact health care affordability or access to health care at the state level, whether a reputable source was available, and whether evidence was current within the past ten years. Policies were examined for whether they were active, implemented to a limited degree, or not active as of July 1, 2024.  Sources for this information can be found in the downloadable Methods and Sources document.

Glossary of Terms and Topics

Download the Snapshot Methods and Sources workbook

---

Dashboard Table

See multiple states and policies at once and which states have implemented specific policies, including details on each state’s approach and degree of implementation. Users can filter by State, Category, Policy Type, and Implementation to view specific policy types and levels of implementation to compare policy action between different states. To access a PDF of each state's full Snapshot, click the state name in the Dashboard Table.

Category	Policy Type	Implementation	State Policy Description	Summary
General description of the policy.	Components of the policy.	Implementation status is determined by whether legislation establishing a policy has been passed and enacted, is currently available to its intended population, and is serving its full function in terms of improving health care affordability. Partial implementation is granted in cases where there is evidence that further expansion of the policy would have a greater impact on health care affordability, such as: active policies that are available to some, but not all, people within the population it is intended to serve; policies that do not include all components that make them effective at improving affordability; and policies that limit some, but not all, of a practice that can make care less affordable. Additional details available in downloadable Excel file. ˜Fully Active žPartially implemented VNot Active	Full description of what the state has implemented.	Notes about the individual state's policy, or their efforts to enact one.

 

 

Dashboard Map

See one policy at a time across all states and DC as a visual map. Hover over states to see details and click state name to access a PDF of each state's full Snapshot.

 

Last updated July 1, 2024

Individual State Snapshots

 

Alabama	Connecticut	Idaho	Louisiana	Mississippi	New Jersey	Oklahoma	Tennessee	West Virginia
Alaska	Delaware	Illinois	Maine	Missouri	New Mexico	Oregon	Texas	Wisconsin
Arizona	District of Columbia	Indiana	Maryland	Montana	New York	Pennsylvania	Utah	Wyoming
Arkansas	Florida	Iowa	Massachusetts	Nebraska	North Carolina	Rhode Island	Vermont
California	Georgia	Kansas	Michigan	Nevada	North Dakota	South Carolina	Virginia
Colorado	Hawaii	Kentucky	Minnesota	New Hampshire	Ohio	South Dakota	Washington

 

Accessibility Notes:

• To see full text in any cell, hover over the cell with cursor. 
• When using keyboard only, to exit a filter drop-down list, hit the “Escape” (Esc) key.
• To access the icons at the bottom of the Tableau table window (undo, redo, reset view, choose a format to download, full screen, share), click “Tab” until the focus is on the bottom toolbar, then use the arrow keys to move to different tools, click space bar to activate.
• Link to Keyboard accessibility for tableau: Keyboard Accessibility for Tableau Views

   

Please send any feedback on the contents of the Healthcare Affordability State Policy Snapshot Dashboard to  Hubinfo@altarum.org

The Hub offers both online and hands-on support, with a staff dedicated to monitoring, translating, and disseminating evidence and connecting advocates, researchers, and policymakers to build communities and galvanize action around creating a patient- centered, high-value healthcare system. As a research-based organization, the Hub takes a comprehensive approach to improving affordability through policy analysis, translation, visualization, and collaborative engagement. We encourage advocates, legislators, and other stakeholders to share our findings to improve consumer health care affordability across the states.