For Immediate Release:
Contact: Kelly Broadway, 202-808-8853
Washington, D.C. – The Council for Affordable Health Coverage (CAHC) supports the Tax Exempt Hospital Transparency Act (H.R. 9504).
Nonprofit hospitals receive enormous tax benefits in exchange for serving their communities, but the public still lacks a clear accounting of the community benefits they provide and the charitable care they deliver to patients. This bill is a necessary first step in exposing whether hospitals are using their tax-exempt status to help patients who need care or are instead protecting their revenue. Hospitals that are living up to their mission should welcome the chance to prove it.
CAHC urges Congress to pass this legislation and to keep building toward a system where the nonprofit label means what patients think it means.