Indiana takes on powerful hospitals by capping prices they charge employers

By: Phil Galewitz | KFF Health News, Samantha Liss, KFF Health News

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: June 15, 2026

Words: 1,209

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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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 …

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