GOP takes aim at hospital CEOs over affordability crisis
“Our communities are better off with hospitals in them, but large health systems have taken advantage of that reality,” Ways and Means Committee chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) said. “Simply put, hospitals are charging an insane amount for care.” Hospitals are one of the primary drivers of increased health spending, accounting for about 31 percent of all health care costs, according to the most recent federal data. Smith noted that hospital prices have skyrocketed 300 percent in just over two decades.
- ▪“Our communities are better off with hospitals in them, but large health systems have taken advantage of that reality,” Ways and Means Committee chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) said.
- ▪“Simply put, hospitals are charging an insane amount for care.” Hospitals are one of the primary drivers of increased health spending, accounting for about 31 percent of all health care costs, according to the most recent federal data.
- ▪Smith noted that hospital prices have skyrocketed 300 percent in just over two decades.
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House GOP takes aim at hospital CEOs over affordability crisis Comments: by Nathaniel Weixel - 04/28/26 6:04 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Nathaniel Weixel - 04/28/26 6:04 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING House Republicans during a Tuesday hearing blamed hospital and health systems for high health costs, excoriating a group of CEOs for exorbitant benefits packages, large profit margins and mergers. “Our communities are better off with hospitals in them, but large health systems have taken advantage of that reality,” Ways and Means Committee chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) said.
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