![Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association CEO and President standing in front of United States flag and the AHA seal.](/sites/default/files/2022-04/AT-Rick-Pollack-Perspective-2022-News-900x400.jpg)
In a statement submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health for a hearing Jan. 31 on national health expenditures, AHA urged the subcommittee to prevent certain Medicare Advantage plans from engaging in tactics that restrict and delay access to care while adding burden and cost to the health care system.