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- Consumer Alert: New York has the 3rd highest hospital costs in the country – WHEC
News 10
September 2022 - Hospitals divert primary care patients to health center ‘look-alikes’ to boost finances
Kaiser Health News
September 2022 - Hospitals are required to post prices for common procedures. Few do.
NBC News
June 2022 - One year on, hospital price transparency is still a work in progress
Fortune
January 2022 - Insurers pay steep markups for hospital drugs
Axios
November 2021 - A Covid test costing more than a Tesla? It happened in Texas
Kaiser Health News
September 2021 - How America’s top hospitals hound patients with predatory billing
Axios
June 2021 - Some of America’s wealthiest hospital systems ended up even richer, thanks to federal bailouts
The Washington Post
April 2021 - When Government Sets Hospital Prices: Maryland’s Experience
Manhattan Institute
June 2019 - Hospital Revenue Surge Creates Haves and Have-Nots
Empire Center
March 2019 - Hospital group, union blame Trump tax cuts for Cuomo’s retreat on Medicaid spending
Crain’s
March 2019 - New York-Presbyterian faces backlash on pricing at council hearing
November 2018 - NYC Council Hearing on NY Presbyterian Exorbitant Prices – 32BJ SEIU Press Release
November 2018 - How Much Should a Knee Replacement Cost? NYC Council Wants to Find Out
Wall Street Journal
November 2018 - When Hospitals Merge to Save Money, Patients Often Pay More
New York Times
November 2018 - Health Care Spending Under Employer-Sponsored Insurance: A 10-Year Retrospective
Health Care Cost Institute
September 2018 - Behind Your Rising Health-Care Bills: Secret Hospital Deals That Squelch Competition
Wall Street Journal
September 2018 - Why Are Hospital Prices Different? An Examination of New York Hospital Reimbursement
New York State Health Foundation
December 2016 - The Price Ain’t Right? Hospital Prices and Health Spending on the Privately Insured
The National Bureau of Economic Research
May 2018 - Why Is U.S. Health Care So Expensive? Some of the Reasons You’ve Heard Turn Out to Be Myths
New York Times
March 2018
Reports
Legislation
Infographics
Fact Sheet: Pay and Pursue - NYC Hospital Hypocrisy
February 2023
Fact Sheet: FY 2024 NYS Budget Issues
February 2023
Fact Sheet: New York-Presbyterian’s High-Priced Hospitals
November 2018
Other policy issues:
Taxes
Hidden state taxes on private health insurance are directly increasing the price of premiums.
Drug costs
Skyrocketing prescription drug costs continue to be largest driver of health insurance costs.