by Elise Planchet | Oct 14, 2026 | Thought Leadership
As the healthcare affordability crisis grows, consumers and their employers are demanding widespread action to rein in rising costs and reduce ambiguity around what healthcare services cost and why prices vary. The financial stakes are significant for businesses and...
by Employers for Hospital Accountability | Oct 13, 2026 | Thought Leadership
Healthcare costs are rising faster than public budgets can keep up, and public-sector employers, unions, and benefits trusts across the country are feeling the strain. Beyond just a benefits challenge, the rising cost of care has...
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...
