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The Health Care Cost Transparency Board (Cost Board) is holding its first Public Hearing on December 12. At the hearing, the Cost Board will:
- Discuss Washington’s established health care cost growth benchmark, which is a specific rate that carriers and providers should try to stay under to make health care more affordable for consumers.
- Share health care spending data and benchmark performance through 2022. This is a starting point for the Cost Board in looking at cost growth overall and monitoring historical cost increases for Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial markets.
- Hear from three panels focused on consumers, health plans and providers, and business and labor representatives.
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Thursday, December 12, 2024
1:30–4 p.m.
Held on Zoom and in-person
Meeting materials, including the agenda, will be available soon. We will also send another announcement closer to the Public Hearing with additional information.
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Live event captioning available
Communication Access Real-time Transcription (CART) services, or live closed captioning, may be available for these events, on demand. To request this accommodation, please submit a request as soon as possible. We will make every effort to accommodate this request but cannot guarantee that a CART writer will be available.
We’re located at:
Health Care Authority
Cherry Street Plaza
Sue Crystal conference rooms 106A and 106B
626 8th Avenue SE
Olympia, WA 98501
View our visitor map with parking instructions
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During the Public Hearing, there will be a designated time for public comment. To provide your input during this time, please use the raise hand function in Zoom or raise your hand if you are attending in person. We encourage you to sign up for public comment by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11.
You can also submit comments in writing at any time. All feedback is shared with Cost Board members.
We want to hear from you!
Have high health care costs impacted you? In addition to public comment and testimony, we are collecting stories to share how Washington State's efforts to rein in health care spending and the work of the Cost Board can benefit the people of Washington.
We will share these stories on the HCA website and social media accounts. We want to inform and inspire others to follow and support the work of the Cost Board.
For more information about the Cost Board:
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