Select Committee opens two-day hearing on why U.S. health care costs keep rising
The House Select Committee on Health Care Affordability convened a two-day fact-finding hearing focused on the drivers of rising health care costs, emphasizing hospital prices, market consolidation and prescription drug pricing as primary areas of concern.
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The Select Committee on Health Care Affordability convened for a two-day hearing to gather neutral testimony on why health care costs in the United States have grown rapidly in recent decades. Chair (role) urged members and witnesses to focus on data and the history of spending before debating policy options, saying the session's purpose was diagnosis rather than prescription.
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