News, commentary, and updates from Employers for Hospital Accountability.
Bipartisan Lawmakers, Experts Highlight Burden of Hospital Prices
There's one thing bipartisan members of Congress and policy experts agree on: the need to rein in hospital pricing practices and consolidation.
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Michigan Employer Forum: Policy Reform Needed to Rein in Hospital Prices
Leading Michigan employers and national policy experts discuss solutions to lower skyrocketing hospital prices and make the healthcare system work better for everyone.
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Crain’s Detroit: uncontrolled 340B growth would hurt MI employers
Legislation under consideration in Michigan would further limit transparency and accountability in 340B, which would benefit large hospital systems and increase healthcare costs for patients already struggling.
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Introducing Employers for Hospital Accountability: An Open Letter from Shawn Gremminger
A new open letter from Shawn Gremminger introduces Employers for Hospital Accountability and the shift from visibility to action.
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Rhode Island Data Show Need for Employer Action on Hospital Pricing Abuse
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 (RIBGH) released a series of issue briefs, which revealed that hospital pricing, growing overhead, […]
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Rising Hospital Costs are Straining Michigan Families and Employers
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. Hospitals now account for nearly half of employer healthcare spending in our state. That’s money that could otherwise be […]
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Pulse of the Purchaser Survey Reveals Employers’ Growing Frustration with Hospital Pricing Practices
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 hospital prices and high-cost claims as their biggest affordability threats. Behind these […]
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NBER Study Exposes How Hospital Acquisitions Are Fueling Price Hikes
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 study highlights how hospital systems buy up private physician practices to limit competition […]
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Bret Jackson, President & CEO of the Economic Alliance of Michigan, Explains Why Employers are Speaking Out Against Hospital Pricing Abuse
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 for employers and working families. Since 2000, hospital prices have increased 243% nationally — twice […]
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Higher Premiums and Fewer Options: What Employers Want You to Know About Hospital Pricing
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 impacts—through soaring premiums, shrinking wages, and cuts to services we all rely on. The result: higher healthcare costs, fewer options, […]
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Employers Sound the Alarm on Hospital Pricing Abuses
Rising healthcare costs are crippling the nation, in large part driven by unchecked hospital pricing practices. When large hospital systems abuse their pricing power, the burden falls on working families, small businesses, and local communities – resulting in higher premiums, stagnant wages, and cuts to essential programs.
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