American Hospital Association May 20, 2022
Hospitals and health systems work hard every day to deliver high-quality health care services to all patients in their communities. At the same time, they also continue to lead many efforts to advance affordability in health care.
Advancing affordability in health care also is a key focus area of the AHA’s advocacy efforts. We have worked to protect patients from out-of-network medical bills (also known as surprise bills) and supported useful price transparency efforts to ensure patients have access to the information they seek when preparing for care, such as what their out-of-pocket costs are given their particular insurance plan.
Among other priorities, we continue to urge Congress and the Administration to rein in the rising costs of drugs; help...