Transparency in Health Care: Exploring the Impact on Employers, Consumers, and States
On November 20, 2024, the Georgetown Center on Health Insurance Reforms hosted a policy briefing to ...
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What to Ask (About) a Hospital
A guide to better understanding organizational and financial differences across hospitals in the United States
Protecting Consumers From the Corporate Transformation of Health Care
As corporations and private equity increasingly take control of our health care systems and profits take precedence over care, patients are caught in the middle.
How Has Corporatization Transformed Your State’s Healthcare Market?
A guide for policymakers and state regulators to understand the extent of corporatization in your state and how your state regulates corporate practices in healthcare.
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Why Health Care Costs Are Rising: The Role of Corporatization and Bipartisan Solutions to Increase Affordability
On October 29, Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) hosted an event d...
The ‘Patients Deserve Price Tags’ Act Would Empower Employers With Information—Is That Enough?
The Patients Deserve Price Tags Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in July 2025, seeks to bring great...
State Policymakers Show Growing Interest in Ownership Transparency in 2025
As state policymakers grapple with rising commercial health care prices, they showed a growing inter...
Federal Officials Announce Steps To Strengthen Health Care Price Transparency
In May, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury announced several acti...
Indiana’s Extraordinary Legislative Session Exemplifies How Incremental Efforts Can Improve Health Care Affordability
While Indiana lawmakers have been working to reduce health care costs for commercial health insuranc...
Can States Harness Market Power to Rein In Health Care Costs?
As U.S. health care spending continues to spiral higher, states are using a variety of tools to push...
Considerations for federal agencies tasked with improving health plan price transparency data
While the health plan price transparency data available under current guidance and enforcement have ...
New Executive Order Outlines Next Steps For Health Care Price Transparency
In February, the Trump administration issued an executive order outlining steps for federal agencies...
State Spotlight: New Massachusetts Law Enhances Oversight of Private Equity in Health Care
Massachusetts recently enacted a law to increase transparency and oversight of private equity in hea...