Families USA Letter Urges Congress to Take on Hospital Prices

Building on the recent successes led by Congress in securing Medicare negotiation of prescription drugs and ending surprise medical bills, Families USA is urging policymakers to take on the next frontier of ensuring affordable health care for consumers – addressing high and rising hospital prices that have resulted from decades of unchecked consolidation and anticompetitive behavior. Families USA sent this letter to Congressional leadership and committees in conjunction with the publication of the new People First Care paper, “Bleeding Americans Dry: The Role of Big Hospital Corporations in Driving Our Nation’s Health Care Affordability and Quality Crisis.”