Senate Briefing: Patients Deserve Price Tags

Connor spoke at a Senate staff briefing hosted by U.S. PIRG to discuss the importance of increasing healthcare price transparency. Event description below.

Hear from a wide range of experts - consumers, patients, small and large business owners, employees and health care purchasers - about why health care price transparency is important. In 2022, President Trump issued rules requiring hospitals to post prices and for health plans to make public their negotiated network rates. Unfortunately, compliance with those rules has been mixed. Hear why these experts support Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355), co-sponsored by Sen. Marshall (R-KS) and Sen. Hickenlooper (D-CO). The power of health price transparency is real. Get the headlines and connect with our experts on:

• The power of price transparency to save money for patients and employers.
• The need to expand transparency to regular services, like lab work and diagnostic imaging.
• How to improve the current rules so employers can build more cost effective health plans.

Speakers:

• Patricia Kelmar, Senior Director of Health Care Campaigns, U.S. PIRG
• Connor Coursey, Senior Government Affairs Associate, Small Business Majority
• Margaret Faso, Dir. of Health Policy, National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
• Cynthia Fisher, Founder and Chairman of Patient Rights Advocate
• James Gelfand, President & CEO, ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC)
• Annie Spilman, Executive Director, Texans for Affordable Health Care
• Michael Zaynor, NJ State Police Captain, Labor Chair-NJ State Health Benefits Design