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Hospital CEOs came under fire at a House hearing Tuesday, with Republicans accusing them of overcharging patients and exploiting the system.
Hospital CEOs came under fire at a House hearing Tuesday, with Republicans accusing them of overcharging patients and exploiting the system. Executives from HCA Healthcare, CommonSpirit Health, New York-Presbyterian and ECU Health testified before the House Ways and Means Committee, defending their pricing practices â including that they should be able to charge higher prices for the same services compared with what patients might pay at independent practices. Hospitals accounted for nearly one-third of U.S. healthcare spending in 2024 or about $1.6 trillion, according to a report in the journ