Indiana Takes On Powerful Hospitals by Capping Prices They Charge Employers By Phil Galewitz and Samantha Liss June 22, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/health-industry/hospitals-price-controls-indiana-cap-healthcare-costs-debate/ KFF Health News: Indiana Takes On Powerful Hospitals By Capping Prices They Charge Employers 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 health plans more than an established price cap. Hospitals that fail to keep prices below the threshold by 2029 risk losing their tax-exempt status — which would mean owing millions of dollars in state taxes. (Galewitz and Liss, 6/22)