Talking Points

These are all the American Hospital Associations advocacy and policy talking points documents.

Overall Talking Points on Surprise Billing Solutions: Patients should be protected from surprise bills. They should not be balance billed for emergency services or for out-of-network services obtained in any in network facility when they reasonably could have assumed that the providers were in-…
These talking points are intended to help understand and explain why the hospital field has filed the lawsuit challenging the Centers for Medicare…
In an era of skyrocketing drug prices, the 340B drug pricing program is helping to ensure access to care for vulnerable patients and communities across the nation. For more than 25 years, 340B has been critical in helping hospitals expand access to comprehensive health services, including…
AHA talking points on surprise medical billing and the major provisions of three bills pending before Congress.
A variety of public policy proposals to expand health coverage and contain costs have been suggested that are often characterized as “single payer” approaches. The most popular is often referred to as “Medicare for All.” Moreover, “Medicare for All” is a term that is used interchangeably, and could…