Hospital costs are rising fast. Connecticut and New York legislators say they’re trying to regulate the culprits, like prescription drug and out-of-network service prices. We’ll discuss why hospital care is so expensive, and what’s being done about it, with guests:
- Phil Boyle, New York senator, R-Bay Shore
- Bill Hammond, director of healthy policy, Empire Center
- Walter Markowitz, Ed.D., assistant professor of health professions, Hofstra University
- Nancy Peppard, Ph.D., forensic gerontologist and founder, Out East Neighborhood Network
- Sean Scanlon, Connecticut state representative, D-Guilford
- Kevin Lembo, Connecticut comptroller
- William Tong, Connecticut attorney general