Indiana Takes On Powerful Hospitals by Capping Prices They Charge Employers ^9.4%

KFF Health News - By Phil Galewitz, Samantha Liss - 6/22/2026, 9:00 AM

Appeal to Authority 9.8% - Confirmation Bias 8.9% - Framing Effect 7.7%

Tired of watching its employers struggle to afford the cost of healthcare, Republican-controlled Indiana is trying a traditionally liberal tactic to control costs: setting government price controls on hospitals. Under a law enacted last year, five of Indiana’s largest nonprofit hospital systems cannot charge patients covered by job-based... more