Families USA Statement for the Record for Senate HELP Mark-Up of Primary Care and Health Care Costs Legislation

Families USA submitted this statement for the record in advance of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP)’s September 21 mark-up of S. 2840, the Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act.

S.2840 makes significant investments in America’s primary health care system and advances key policies to begin reining in the harmful pricing practices and anti-competitive behaviors of large hospital corporations. One crucial way the HELP Committee can build on the goals of this legislation to address provider consolidation and encourage competition in the health care system is by including provisions to strengthen price transparency.