by Elise Planchet | Nov 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Al Charbonneau, Executive Director at Rhode Island Business Group on Health Rising hospital costs continue to challenge employers and working families across the country — and Rhode Island is no exception. Last year, the Rhode Island Business Group on Health...
by Elise Planchet | Oct 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Bret Jackson, President, Michigan Health Purchasers Coalition; Board Chair, National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions For Michigan employers and working families, hospital costs have become more than a healthcare challenge — they’re an economic one....
by Elise Planchet | Sep 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Pulse of the Purchaser 2025 Survey results send a clear message: employers are fed up with hospitals abusing their pricing power—and they’re taking action to protect their businesses and working families. For the fifth year in a row, employers ranked drug and...
by Elise Planchet | Aug 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
Last month, a team of researchers published a new study in the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) adding to the growing body of evidence that hospital-led consolidation distorts the healthcare market by driving up costs without improving quality of care. The...
by Steve Strong | Jul 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Bret Jackson, President & CEO of the Economic Alliance of Michigan speaks with Business First AM about how large hospital systems nationwide are marking up prices, pocketing government discounts, and exploiting tax breaks — inflating prices and driving up costs...
by Anthony DiFlorio | Jun 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
Americans are struggling with rising healthcare costs, driven in large part by unchecked hospital pricing practices. When large hospital systems abuse their pricing power, local employers, small businesses, working families, and communities feel the resulting...
