The City Council passed legislation supported by Mayor Eric Adams aimed at cracking down on sky high hospital costs on Thursday.
“We’re committed to ensuring every New Yorker has access to quality and affordable health care with transparent pricing,” said City Hall spokesperson Kate Smart in a statement.
The bill, expected to be signed into law by Mayor Eric Adams, hopes to offer transparency to patients who are often charged higher prices at private hospitals vs. city-run medical centers for the same basic services.It’s opposed by the state’s powerful hospital lobby, the Greater New York Hospital Association.
“This bill does nothing to address those underpayments and offers struggling safety hospitals no financial support. Instead, it wrongly blames hospitals for rising health care costs while ignoring national insurance companies that ship their massive profits out of New York. Our hospitals deserve better.”
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