Better Solutions And New York Coalition Call For Schumer And Jeffries To Act On Dishonest Billing
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Better Solutions for Healthcare submitted a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on behalf of a coalition of New York small business owners, labor leaders, community advocates and former elected officials that encourages the congressional leaders to take action on hospital dishonest billing. […]
Move Over Ralph De La Torre: NYT Details New Federal Investigations Into Hospital System
WASHINGTON, DC – In case you missed it, the Ralph de la Torre saga at Steward Health Care came to a close with his resignation following the U.S. Senate’s decision to charge him with criminal contempt. That has not stopped other hospital systems from making news for all the wrong reasons. On the heels of their previous investigative story, The New York Times reported that […]
Better Solutions Blasts Disgraced Hospital CEO For Defying Congressional Subpoena
WASHINGTON, DC – Disgraced former Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre is slated to appear today in front of the Senate committee on health, education, labor and pensions to answer for how he mismanaged the billion dollar hospital system. But don’t get your hopes up as he plans to defy the congressional subpoena about his troubled record at […]
Better Solutions Launches Digital Ad Campaign In Support Of SITE Act
WASHINGTON, DC – Better Solutions for Healthcare today announced a digital ad campaign that promotes the joint effort by over 20 organizations from both sides of the ideological spectrum to encourage the Senate Finance Committee to pass the SITE Act, which would ban hospital dishonest billing practices and enact site-neutral reform. Healthcare costs increased by the largest annual percentage since […]
NEW MEMO: Hospitals in Panic Mode with Desperate New Ad Campaign
America’s corporate hospital systems are in a new era of scrutiny and they know it. They’ve been repeatedly called out for engaging in harmful anti-competitive practices that drive up costs for patients and employers. Their “political firewall” is crumbling. Now, the American Hospital Association is in full panic mode, launching a new ad campaign in Washington to try and perpetuate […]
NEW MEMO: The Momentum Is Real – Hospital Reform Is Advancing
NEW MEMO: The Momentum Is Real – Hospital Reform Is Advancing At breakneck pace, congressional scrutiny of hospital billing practices has advanced to the lawmaking phase. And the momentum for reform is real. The burgeoning consensus provides an opportunity for lawmakers to a secure a win for their constituents and address a top-tier voter priority: the alarmingly […]
The Hill: Congress can lower health care costs by holding hospital systems accountable
BY MICHAEL THOMPSON AND TOM LUSSIER, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS – 07/28/23 A $629 bill for a 1-year-old to receive a Band-Aid. A $722.50 charge for every push of medicine through an IV. A $17,850 bill for a single drug test. These are real stories of patients charged exorbitant prices for services. There are numerous examples like […]
Politico: Education and the Workforce leaders unveil health care package
BY BEN LEONARD, MEGAN R. WILSON | 07/11/2023 01:30 PM EDT House Education and Workforce Chair Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) and ranking member Bobby Scott (D-Va.) on Tuesday unveiled a bipartisan health care package of four bills focused on transparency in health care, including for hospitals and pharmacy benefit managers. The legislation, which the committee is […]
PRESS RELEASE: Momentum Continues For Hospital Reform: Better Solutions For Healthcare Applauds Congressional Scrutiny on Dishonest Billing
Momentum Continues For Hospital Reform: Better Solutions For Healthcare Applauds Congressional Scrutiny on Dishonest Billing WASHINGTON, DC – (July 11, 2023) – Better Solutions for Healthcare, a national coalition of business and healthcare leaders calling on lawmakers to address the hospital-driven rise in healthcare costs, applauded House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Ranking […]
PRESS RELEASE: Better Solutions For Healthcare Endorses Bipartisan Effort in Senate to End Dishonest Hospital Billing
Better Solutions For Healthcare Endorses Bipartisan Effort in Senate to End Dishonest Hospital Billing Momentum Builds For Reining in Corporate Hospital Systems, Addressing Healthcare Affordability Crisis WASHINGTON, DC – (June 13, 2023) – Better Solutions for Healthcare, a national coalition of business and healthcare industry leaders, is urging Congress to advance the SITE Act, bipartisan legislation […]