2025 Bills Introduced in State Legislatures Addressing Healthcare Price and Competition
Click on a state to see state legislation we are monitoring relevant to healthcare price and competition.
Key Issues
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Market Consolidation
State merger review authority, conditional approvals, cross-market systems, enforcement actions and timeline -
Provider Rate Regulation
Cost-growth benchmark, public option, affordability standards, rate caps, global budgets, population-based model -
Provider Contracts
Anticompetitive contract terms including MFN, all-or-nothing, noncompete, anti-steering, anti-tiering clauses -
Price Transparency
Cost-growth benchmark, public option, affordability standards, rate caps, global budgets, population-based model
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State Action
The Source tracks state activities impacting healthcare price and competition in both legislation (The Database of State Laws Impacting Healthcare Cost and Quality) and litigation in a searchable database to help stakeholders at the state level understand their legal and regulatory environment as they make efforts to improve access, quality, and efficiency, and reduce costs in healthcare.
Browse through the maps below to find out more about notable legislation and initiatives in health policy and reform across 50 states or search the database for specific laws and cases of a particular state.
The Source Blog
Dilani Logan, Student Fellow
February 7, 2025
News & Opinions




Articles & Reports
KFF
February 3, 2025
The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing January 28, 2025
The Source January 27, 2025
Health Policy January 22, 2025
The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing January 28, 2025
The Source January 27, 2025
Health Policy January 22, 2025
Source Sightings
Rate Regulatory Handbook: A Guide for State Implementation of Cost Constraint Models
Robert M. Murray, Katie Gudiksen
November, 2024
U.S. State-Based Hospital Rate Setting: What Worked, What Didn’t, and What We Need to Do Now
Robert M. Murray, Katie Gudiksen
January, 2025
As Hospitals Grow, So Does Your Bill
Jaime S King, Katherine L Gudiksen, Thomas L Greaney
June 6, 2024