by Elise Planchet | Sep 10, 2026 | Thought Leadership
After a brief slowdown, hospital consolidation is accelerating again, threatening to give large health systems even more leverage to demand higher prices from employers and working families across the country. New reporting from WP Intelligence finds that 40 hospital...
by Employers for Hospital Accountability | Jun 17, 2026 | Thought Leadership
For employers and working families, healthcare affordability is no longer an abstract policy debate. It shows up in rising premiums, larger out-of-pocket bills, and increasingly difficult decisions about how to keep coverage within reach. That reality was front and...
by Employers for Hospital Accountability | May 18, 2026 | Thought Leadership
Employer-sponsored health coverage now averages nearly $27,000 a year for a family. These costs are ultimately borne by workers and their families through lower wages, reduced benefits, and rising premiums. The leading driver of these rising costs? Hospital prices,...
by Employers for Hospital Accountability | May 1, 2026 | Thought Leadership
Did you know that hospital prices account for 47 cents of every premium dollar in Michigan – and are rising faster than the cost of college tuition, childcare, and housing? Employers, working families and taxpayers in Michigan and across the country are dealing with a...
by Employers for Hospital Accountability | Apr 30, 2026 | Thought Leadership
New data from Michigan spotlight “upside-down” pricing in the 340B market that drives up prices for biosimilars by hospitals and raises costs for employers.
by Employers for Hospital Accountability | Apr 30, 2026 | Thought Leadership
Opinion: Michigan employers would suffer under uncontrolled growth of drug-purchase program Bret Jackson, CEO, Michigan Healthcare Purchaser Coalition Crain’s Detroit Business, April 21, 2026 Michigan businesses, from Grand Rapids to Detroit, are feeling the impacts...
