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Senate Vote to Extend Moratorium on Medicare Sequester is Right and Necessary Step to Protect Healthcare Access, Quality

March 26, 2021

Healthcare Leadership Council President: Significant Medicare Cuts Would Be Disastrous While COVID-19 Pressures Persist WASHINGTON – A U.S. Senate vote yesterday to maintain a moratorium for the remainder of 2021 … Continued


American Rescue Plan Contains Critical Elements to Address Current, Future Public Health Crises, Health Leaders Say

March 12, 2021

Several Provisions in COVID-19 Relief Bill Were Included in Disaster Preparedness, Response Recommendations Developed by 100 Health, Employer, Patient Organizations WASHINGTON – The president of the Healthcare Leadership Council today … Continued


HLC Applauds Biden Administration Success in Health Insurance Enrollment, Additional Funding for Navigator Programs

March 5, 2021

Congress Can Aid the Pandemic-Related Uninsured by Providing Subsidies for COBRA Coverage WASHINGTON – The Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) today applauded the continued efforts of the Biden Administration to assist … Continued


Statement by HLC President Mary R. Grealy on the FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization Decision for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine

February 27, 2021

With the FDA’s decision to grant an Emergency Use Authorization for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson, our nation is another step closer to regaining health, safety, and … Continued


Next Congressional COVID Relief Package Must Include Essential Healthcare Access Measures, Industry Leaders Say

February 19, 2021

WASHINGTON – As leaders in both houses of Congress assemble the next COVID-19 relief package, it should include provisions to address health access issues that have persisted during the pandemic, … Continued


Efforts in U.S. Senate to Tie U.S. Drug Prices to Foreign Government Price Controls Would Be Harmful to Patients, HLC President Says

February 18, 2021

WASHINGTON – The president of the Healthcare Leadership Council, a coalition of leaders from all sectors of American healthcare, is criticizing an effort in the U.S. Senate to link pharmaceutical … Continued


HLC Endorses Becerra in Letter to Senate Panels

February 18, 2021

Mary Grealy, president of the Healthcare Leadership Council, submitted a letter to the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and a letter to the … Continued


MemorialCare President and CEO is New Chairman of Healthcare Leadership Council

February 18, 2021

WASHINGTON – Barry Arbuckle, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of MemorialCare, a leading non-profit integrated health system in southern California, has been named chairman of the Healthcare Leadership Council, … Continued


100 Leading Healthcare Organizations Release Disaster Preparedness Recommendations

February 4, 2021

Recommendations result from summit of private-sector, nonprofit, and government organizations convened by the Healthcare Leadership Council Washington, D.C.—Experts from across healthcare have identified specific policy and regulatory recommendations to improve … Continued


Statement by Healthcare Leadership Council President Mary R. Grealy on President Biden’s Action to Reopen Health Exchange Enrollment

January 28, 2021

President Biden’s executive order to reopen the Affordable Care Act state health insurance exchanges is a welcome action at a time in which the economy is struggling and Americans are … Continued