STAT April 18, 2024
Alex Azar, Kathleen G. Sebelius

As two former secretaries of Health and Human Services, we are all too familiar with the struggle of finding narrow openings for bipartisanship. Despite our different approaches, we believe that addressing health care costs is a truly bipartisan issue. To be serious about creating access for people to the best possible care, that care must be affordable for patients and taxpayers. One issue that is particularly ripe for bipartisan compromise is site-neutral payments.

Even though we served under presidents for different parties, we both recommended that Congress adopt policies advancing site-neutral payments to save patients and taxpayers money. People should pay for the care they receive, not for the sign on the door.

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