Families USA Testimony to Indiana State Senate on High and Rising Hospital Prices

On Wednesday, March 19, Families USA’s Senior Director of Health Policy Sophia Tripoli testifies before the Indiana Senate Health and Provider Services Committee in support of legislation that would advance cutting edge, evidence-backed policies to provide millions of families across Indiana with real relief from inflated and irrational health care costs. This legislation would achieve this by cracking down on the anticompetitive behavior and abusive pricing practices of major corporate health care systems.

For more than 40 years, Families USA has been working to achieve a vision of a nation where the best health and health care are equally accessible and affordable to all. As Americans across the U.S. grapple with unmanageable and irrational health care prices, the Indiana General Assembly has the distinct opportunity to enact legislation that not only reins in abusive pricing practices of corporate health care systems but strengthens and supports the state Medicaid program, the most important tool for protecting access to affordable health care. HB 1004 and HB 1666 are essential to realizing a health system that holds the health care industry accountable for delivering affordable and accessible health care for all Hoosiers.