Reducing healthcare spending growth to 3.7 percent would bring it in line with the overall growth in the state’s economy. Rep. DeLeo did not say how the proposal would reduce spending growth, but Rep. Steven Walsh (D), cochairman of the Committee on Health Care, said it would address payment inequities among providers, according to the report.
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