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Commercial health insurer CEOs testify on health care affordability; AHA submits statements for House hearings
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health and Ways and Means Committee Jan. 22 hosted hearings on health care affordability that included testimony from leaders of five major commercial health insurers: Stephen Hemsley, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, David Joyner, chairman and CEO of CVS Health, Gail Boudreaux, president and CEO of Elevance Health, David Cordani, president, CEO and chairman of the board of The Cigna Group, and Paul Markovich, president and CEO of Ascendiun. Both hearings focused on rising health care costs and access challenges under commercial coverage. The AHA shared statements with both committees that discussed the current landscape of affordability and how the insurance market has driven health care costs upward.
AHA Statement to House E&C Subcommittee for Hearing on Lowering Health Care Costs
The following statement highlights what hospitals, clinicians, and patients are experiencing on the ground — and why commercial insurer practices are playing a growing role in driving up costs, creating delays and undermining affordability.
Health Care Affordability in the Spotlight; AHA Resources to Assist You
The issue of affordability, including health care affordability, is front and center this year and will be part of this year's congress
AHA Statement to House W&M Committee for Hearing with Health Insurance CEOs
This statement highlights what hospitals, clinicians, and patients are experiencing on the ground — and why commercial insurer practices are playing a growing role in driving up costs, creating delays and undermining affordability.
House Budget Committee hosts hearing on health care affordability
The House Budget Committee hosted a hearing Jan. 21 on health care affordability titled, “Reverse the Curse: Skyrocketing Health Care Costs and America’s Fiscal Future.”
AHA Statement to House Budget Committee for Health Care Affordability Hearing
The AHA urges Congress to pass The Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (H.R.3514/S.1816), bipartisan legislation that would help streamline prior authorization requirements under MA plans.
TAKE ACTION: Contact Your Representative Ahead of Jan. 22 House Hearings Focused on Commercial Health Insurers’ Role in Health Care Affordability
Please contact your representative prior to the Jan. 22 House hearings to share with them how some commercial insurer policies and practices delay, deny and disrupt care for patients.
Assessing the Health Care Environment for 2026: Key Signals for the Field
AHA's 2026 Environmental Scan highlights financial constraints, workforce strain and shifting demand patterns no longer are emerging issues — they are persistent conditions shaping daily operations and long-term strategy.
2026 Environmental Scan
The 2026 AHA Environmental Scan details data and trends that have implications for the health care field for the coming year and beyond. The Scan will help your staff, leadership and board strategize and plan for the future.
Shaping Health Care for 2026: Insights From the AHA’s Incoming Board Chair
In this special Leadership Dialogue conversation, Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health and outgoing AHA board chair, sits down with Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist and incoming 2026 AHA board chair.