Regulatory Reform Subcommittee to Hold Second Hearing on the State of Competition in the Health Care Marketplace
September 23, 2015
Washington, D.C.— On Tuesday, September 29, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold its second hearing on the state of competition in the health care marketplace entitled, “Healthy Competition? An Examination of the Proposed Health Insurance Mergers and the Consequent Impact on Competition.” The hearing will examine consolidation in the health insurance industry, including the proposed mergers between the health insurance companies Aetna and Humana, and, if finalized, Anthem and Cigna.
The first hearing in the series of Committee hearings on competition in the health care marketplace focused on how the Affordable Care Act may have played a role in the consolidation of the health care industry and the related impact on accessibility and affordability of health care for the American consumer. The witnesses for Tuesday’s hearing will be:- Mr. Mark T. Bertolini, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Aetna;
- Mr. Joseph R. Swedish, President and Chief Executive Officer, Anthem;
- Mr. Tom Nickels, Executive Vice President, American Hospital Association;
- Mr. Andrew W. Gurman, M.D., President-Elect, American Medical Association;
- Ms. Jaime S. King, Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of Law;
- Mr. Edmund F. Haislmaier, Senior Research Fellow of Health Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation.