Health care costs are climbing, and insurer cost-shifting and coverage gaps are driving the burden on patients and hospitals.
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The cost of health care in America is unsustainable. Patients feel it, hospitals see it and policymakers are under pressure to act.
After critical federal tax credit subsidies expired at the end of 2025, perhaps around 1 million Texans have lost aid that helped make health insurance premiums financially within their reach. Without the subsidies, access to their physician’s care might be out of reach as well.
Today, two Congressional committees scrutinized the cost of health care, with major commercial health insurers testifying about cost drivers and access challenges. In Texas, hospitals believe insurers should cover the cost of care, not pass that cost along to patients.
Every hospital that has a dedicated emergency department and accepts Medicare and Medicaid payment must follow the federal law and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation Interpretive Guidelines on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). Hospitals without such emergency departments must comply with…
Founded in 1930, the Texas Hospital Association is the leadership organization and principal advocate for the state’s hospitals and health care systems. Based in Austin, THA enhances its members’ abilities to improve accessibility, quality and cost-effectiveness of health care for all Texans. One of the largest hospital associations in the country, THA represents more than 85 percent of the state’s acute-care hospitals and health care systems, which employ more than 400,000 health care professionals statewide.
