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Relevant News Articles
- 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
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:
Hidden Healthcare Taxes
Hidden state taxes on private health insurance are directly increasing the price of premiums.
Rising Drug costs
Skyrocketing prescription drug costs continue to be largest driver of health insurance costs.