Hospitals
Commentary
Hospital price transparency is good politics — and good policy
Few issues will shape this November’s midterm elections more than the rising cost of healthcare. Republicans returning home for the August recess can point to meaningful progress on one of the biggest drivers of those costs: hospital prices. In recent weeks, Congress has moved closer to making hospital price transparency ...
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The hidden contracts keeping hospital prices high
Hospital prices have more than tripled since 2000, rising over twice as fast as overall inflation. A new White House Council of Economic Advisers report helps explain why. Dominant hospital systems have quietly insulated themselves from competition through restrictive contract terms. The three practices are known as anti-steering, anti-tiering, and ...
Commentary
Trump’s Push for Healthcare Transparency, Starting With Hospital Prices, Can Go Even Further
The Trump administration is making hospital price transparency a centerpiece of its Make America Healthy Again agenda — and it has a chance to go even further toward achieving this goal. Earlier this month, federal regulators warned more than 500 hospitals that they could be violating federal requirements to disclose ...
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Hospitals Front and Center for Rising Healthcare Costs
In a much-anticipated hearing last month, Congress asked chief executives from several of America’s major hospital systems to account for the astronomical cost of healthcare in this country. Lawmakers were certainly asking the right people. Any honest diagnosis of America’s soaring healthcare costs has to place hospitals front and center. ...
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Congressional Affordability Fix Must Hold Hospitals Accountable
The nation’s top hospital lobbyist testified before the House last week for the third in a series of hearings on healthcare affordability. According to a recent poll from KFF (f/k/a Kaiser Family Foundation), a little less than half of Americans say they have trouble affording healthcare. Over one-third have skipped ...
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Another Program Won’t Secure Quality Rural Healthcare
In rural America, quality medical care can be hard to come by. The Rural Health Transformation Program that’s part of the budget reconciliation package that became law this summer aims to change that. The $50 billion program seeks to improve healthcare access, quality, and outcomes in rural America. All worthy ...
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The rural hospital rescue fund is a fraud
Rural hospitals are supposedly in dire financial straits. And the forthcoming Medicaid “cuts” authorized by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could put hundreds more facilities deep in the red. At least, that’s the prevailing narrative inside the beltway — and the justification for the $50 billion rural hospital “rescue” ...
Commentary
President Trump Hasn’t Given Up on Hospital Price Transparency
For markets to function efficiently, consumers need to know how much things cost. This is as true for eggs and milk as it is for medical care. And it was this very insight that motivated the rule that President Donald J. Trump implemented during his first term in 2019 ordering ...
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Make Hospital Prices Transparent Again
In just a few days, President-elect Trump will reclaim the Oval Office. High on his list of priorities should be enforcing the hospital price transparency rules he announced during his first term. The rules, which took effect in 2021, require hospitals to publish prices for 300 common procedures — from ...
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Make Hospitals Competitive Again by Reining in Spending
The United States spent $4.9 trillion on healthcare in 2023, according to figures published last month by the federal government. That’s an increase of 7.5% relative to 2022. What’s behind this astounding spending growth? It’s largely hospital care. Read the entire op-ed here.
Hospital price transparency is good politics — and good policy
Few issues will shape this November’s midterm elections more than the rising cost of healthcare. Republicans returning home for the August recess can point to meaningful progress on one of the biggest drivers of those costs: hospital prices. In recent weeks, Congress has moved closer to making hospital price transparency ...
The hidden contracts keeping hospital prices high
Hospital prices have more than tripled since 2000, rising over twice as fast as overall inflation. A new White House Council of Economic Advisers report helps explain why. Dominant hospital systems have quietly insulated themselves from competition through restrictive contract terms. The three practices are known as anti-steering, anti-tiering, and ...
Trump’s Push for Healthcare Transparency, Starting With Hospital Prices, Can Go Even Further
The Trump administration is making hospital price transparency a centerpiece of its Make America Healthy Again agenda — and it has a chance to go even further toward achieving this goal. Earlier this month, federal regulators warned more than 500 hospitals that they could be violating federal requirements to disclose ...
Hospitals Front and Center for Rising Healthcare Costs
In a much-anticipated hearing last month, Congress asked chief executives from several of America’s major hospital systems to account for the astronomical cost of healthcare in this country. Lawmakers were certainly asking the right people. Any honest diagnosis of America’s soaring healthcare costs has to place hospitals front and center. ...
Congressional Affordability Fix Must Hold Hospitals Accountable
The nation’s top hospital lobbyist testified before the House last week for the third in a series of hearings on healthcare affordability. According to a recent poll from KFF (f/k/a Kaiser Family Foundation), a little less than half of Americans say they have trouble affording healthcare. Over one-third have skipped ...
Another Program Won’t Secure Quality Rural Healthcare
In rural America, quality medical care can be hard to come by. The Rural Health Transformation Program that’s part of the budget reconciliation package that became law this summer aims to change that. The $50 billion program seeks to improve healthcare access, quality, and outcomes in rural America. All worthy ...
The rural hospital rescue fund is a fraud
Rural hospitals are supposedly in dire financial straits. And the forthcoming Medicaid “cuts” authorized by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could put hundreds more facilities deep in the red. At least, that’s the prevailing narrative inside the beltway — and the justification for the $50 billion rural hospital “rescue” ...
President Trump Hasn’t Given Up on Hospital Price Transparency
For markets to function efficiently, consumers need to know how much things cost. This is as true for eggs and milk as it is for medical care. And it was this very insight that motivated the rule that President Donald J. Trump implemented during his first term in 2019 ordering ...
Make Hospital Prices Transparent Again
In just a few days, President-elect Trump will reclaim the Oval Office. High on his list of priorities should be enforcing the hospital price transparency rules he announced during his first term. The rules, which took effect in 2021, require hospitals to publish prices for 300 common procedures — from ...
Make Hospitals Competitive Again by Reining in Spending
The United States spent $4.9 trillion on healthcare in 2023, according to figures published last month by the federal government. That’s an increase of 7.5% relative to 2022. What’s behind this astounding spending growth? It’s largely hospital care. Read the entire op-ed here.