Making Healthcare More Affordable
Hospitals are balancing significant cost pressures as they treat a sicker and more medically complex, aging patient population, all while operating with persistent misalignments in how care is financed and reimbursed.
Marc Boom, M.D., is joined by Stacey Hughes, AHA executive vice president of government relations and public policy, to talk about the important role that advocacy plays in advancing health care, what’s happening in Washington, and how hospital and health system leaders can support this work.
In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist and the 2026 AHA board chair, speaks with Stacey Hughes, executive vice president of government and public policy at the American Hospital Association, about the forces shaping health care…
At the AHA’s 2026 Annual Membership Meeting, more than 1,000 hospital and health system leaders came to Washington, D.C., united by a shared responsibility: to ensure every community has access to high‑quality, affordable care.
The AHA April 23 released a blog responding to a report issued April 22 by Paragon Health Institute. The blog highlights how the report relies on a long list of distorted and debunked arguments.
The latest report from Paragon, which has targeted hospitals, relies on a long list of distorted and debunked arguments.
The House Committee on Ways and Means, on April 28 at 10 a.m. ET, will host a hearing during which hospital and health system leaders are expected to testify on
health care affordability.
Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist and 2026 AHA board chair, spoke April 21 at POLITICO’s Health Care Summit about health care affordability.
Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, joined Bill Gassen, president and CEO of Sanford Health and AHA chair-elect, for a fireside chat.
Allison Sesso, president and CEO of Undue Medical Debt, and Eva Stahl, vice president of policy, engagement and research at Undue Medical Debt, share how the organization has helped eliminate over $27 billion in patient debt and how hospitals are partnering with Undue Medical Debt to help relieve…