Health Hearing: Lowering Health Care Costs: An Examination of the U.S. Provider Landscape

House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health · March 19, 2026

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Subcommittee convenes and scope set

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Subcommittee chair (speaker 1) called the hearing to order and opened saying the panel would examine health care costs and patient access by reviewing the provider landscape, framing consolidation, site-of-service payment differences and transparency as central concerns.

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A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing examined how provider consolidation, payment policies and federal Medicaid changes are affecting health care affordability, price transparency, the physician workforce and home-and-community services (HCBS). Witnesses from hospitals, physician groups, employers and disability services described effects and recommended policy fixes.

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