Earlier this week, America’s Health Insurance Plans published a report claiming consolidations in the hospital market drove prices up 8.2 percent each year from 2008 to 2010. The AHA countered with a statement defending hospitals’ decade-low cost-per-service growth and citing premium spikes among health insurers.
“It’s important to note that growth in insurance costs from 2010 to 2011 was more than double that of the underlying healthcare costs, including hospitals. It is not hospital prices that are driving the rise in insurance premiums,” wrote AHA Executive Vice President Rick Pollack.
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