{"id":53605,"date":"2026-04-28T19:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/28\/jason-smith-slams-hospital-ceos-for-the-affordability-crisis-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T19:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:27:14","slug":"jason-smith-slams-hospital-ceos-for-the-affordability-crisis-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/28\/jason-smith-slams-hospital-ceos-for-the-affordability-crisis-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Smith slams hospital CEOs for the affordability crisis &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPRFBfdGdWTVoxdEN2dDRYNkNvX1JGNDBFOWV2UXdYbk8zbVhrczMzUEFXVDhXQUFvWGN3QU9SaVp3N0hpSnA3S1JpMnZaS2RYZ2QtRk1PQzhOTHlyYlRtc2FELUROd0kzSVJyOWVZLTVRMy1OSmEyQ2Y1Z2phZElOYjZfVFFMbEZxQWlyQThhS3dMWlNkaG5DTk1RUm1JcWd1OVlR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Smith slams hospital CEOs for the affordability crisis<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxPeU9zTGxBRkI2QkFTTmZSemFjd2E3Q3JZbjJwdmFQTlYxV2czUmpraDR4OU9fakE2cExMWEFoVkVhTVV4Y1lQcXlxYXN6c1BIdkRpVDJpdGxIbFU2RmdBMF9aN1hyS0hyTEVxTVgtZ201WjVKNVplUHd0T0ZHaHlfa2Y4MHhhQ01abm9TblZvaWRaeUdlOG5JbDNEM01sMS03NmZ6TE53?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hospital CEOs defend charging patients more at facilities<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxQNTVIdG1QTk5wQ2VUT0REdUotWkJuRmlpR0o1MHpXWm1TTHcydzZVSzROM3V4VUNEdm1nUUJVRUtHb0lOWjYtZG9hSG9PR2U2MWJpdUpMZ0dOVlBiNEoxeUpRa2xLaXB5bF9ldXQyTU01cURlQjlSZDlYa0t1cHNzRWoyNlBmX3o2UVRkRzlxOXE0M3NBYjV4TzdUWl8zYzhHU1FfUVJqQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">NY hospital head explains rising costs to Congress: Blame basically everything<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Gothamist<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE1BdjhZdzNyajhFYkFhQlphb25DWnJPVC1VOGJDUFVhNmpQNk45RFNqZmo3TlZxWEptQ0lyOFJ0Q2tLMXBQT1dHNzVJdVVNeXhaUzhkTGFIWFc1SWlGazZLOTB2M3R5RXUtTUEzNHgyWHlPbUhsZ0JyTzdn0gF_QVVfeXFMUGZJNjZjU2ZiM0hMNDkwTXBPb3UwbE10eGx3VFk0Z25pT1BNeFFoOUROSEpVZ2FmRmVpaFkzMEU1UTl6TEhoamlwdWVkaVVSNVVaQkMwMmdpZDN2QVJUTnFHbXdpejRkdUZSUzQ3cXlGUG4wU1ZCWld3a1Z1WUYyNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">GOP takes aim at hospital CEOs over affordability crisis<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxQT243THQ1czZESkJtZGNfck1ybmhUVmNyTTBlZjFmd2tINnJoNktya3JRMHBVUk83X0NBWDZtV2lhV1RTeGw3VVpLMTh5cENtRmgyVkJIOWk2TUpjbEhEN09ua3hoMXprSlZ5Zkh2NzVzVFFJeWRRV2JUMjJNU044MXA3eHVWeXRHNkFoQkp5VVBTMWF4cGVDUVpiVmZPU3BGSHJ3MGNES1JZeUt5UHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Health system CEOs get off easy at Congressional hearing on affordability<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">statnews.com<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Smith slams hospital CEOs for the affordability crisis&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico Hospital CEOs defend charging patients more at facilities&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News NY hospital head explains rising costs to&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/28\/jason-smith-slams-hospital-ceos-for-the-affordability-crisis-politico\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}