Healthcare reform has never been "just" about finances (as if bankrupting people was not reason enough to change the system) -- this gouging has real medical consequences. #AnAmericanSickness nytimes.com/2019/04/02/hea…

As we sit West Health #hcidc forum some hard numbers to drive home the reality of rising health care costs. More services are migrating from doctor office to outpatient department and prices for those services are rising faster in outpatient settings #itsstilltheprices #hccosts

How about metric value ? How did it get so much? Thanks @rosenthalhealth for the sobering examination of the price of healthcare #transparency #notosurprisebills #innovate #hcisummit #HCIDC #HCcosts #staggeringhealthcare cost in US #wethepeople @westhealth

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Dear Politicians: 'The most important trip you take in life is meeting people half way.' Let's get serious about negotiations to make #healthcare better. West Health GOP Democrats #HCCosts The White House It's not easy, but you didn't run because you like easy.

What we do now will determine the health & wealth of our great country. The healthcare cartel will fight to the death to keep the status quo. It has more than 1400 lobbyists which allows the cartel to make obscene amounts of money. The economic fleecing of America. West Health

It's time to move beyond concern and commit to bold action. The consequences are life and death. If politicians can't commit, they should look for new jobs. Says Gary West West Health #HCIDC #hccosts @shelleylyford The Hill

The U.S. is spending more than $420 Million per HOUR on healthcare. Check out the realtime spending clock from West Health here: healthcostcrisis.org

HAPPENING NOW(ISH): 6:04 Eastern CSPAN 3 has decided to air the my interview with ⁦John Kasich⁩ and ⁦Steve Beshear. (TO MY KIDS ONLY: TV is the thing that’s not the Internet that people watch and some do watch CSPAN3.)

Thank you so much, Louis! We're so glad to hear that. Happy you could join us! #HCIDC

Family left with $40,000 bill for son's air ambulance - CBS News. This is outrageous and yet becoming more common. We must demand change. #hccosts ⁦West Health⁩ apple.news/AuUqGSnisTFWiX…

New resources from Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) help health systems calculate ROI on evidence-based care for older patients. #AgeFriendly businesswire.com/news/home/2019…

A must-read synopsis of our national survey results on the perceptions and impact of high #HCcosts on Americans, written by Paul Sisson at The San Diego Union-Tribune bit.ly/2uGtd95 Gallup #HCIDC

Here’s a story about people doing good that's worth sharing: Brad Paisley and his wife Kim Williams-Paisley saw food insecurity in Nashville and decided to do something about it. They just broke ground on a free grocery store to help families in need: apnews.com/2f5bdd226a674f…

“It’s like there is no price. We don’t know what health care costs anymore.” Medical pricing shrouded in secrecy, leaving patients in the dark houstonchronicle.com/business/artic…