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Health system CEOs get off easy at Congressional hearing on affordability
- During a House Ways and Means hearing, health system CEOs faced questions on what drives hospital costs and affordability.
- CEOs from HCA Healthcare and CommonSpirit Health were among those in attendance at the hearing on hospitals and affordability.
- Opening exchanges suggested lawmakers blamed policy choices across parties for high U.S. health care prices.
- The hearing came three months after a prior session with health insurers who shifted blame to hospitals and drugmakers.
- New York-Presbyterian and ECU Health were among the represented systems at the hearing.
- The session appeared to be influenced by supportive audiences, according to reporters.
- The hearing aimed to understand root causes of rising costs and potential reforms in U.S. health care.
- STAT+ exclusive context notes the session followed a broader push to examine hospital pricing dynamics.
- The committee backdrop includes prior hearings with insurers and ongoing partisan dialogue on affordability.
- The hearing highlighted bipartisan concern about making health care more affordable for Americans.
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