healthcare cost

Two bills aiming to lower hospital and prescription drug prices in Indiana passed both the House and Senate and are now headed to Gov. Eric Holcomb’s desk.

People in Indiana could save up to $2 billion dollars in health care costs if non-critical access, non-profit hospitals lower their prices to the national average, according to a new analysis by the Employers Forum of Indiana.

Indiana lawmakers have proposed numerous bills over the years aimed at lowering health care costs, with little success. This legislative session, however, a number of similar bills have sailed through the Senate and House chambers.

A new report from the RAND Corporation examines medical claims from employers and state databases. Indiana’s relative prices are the highest in comparison to its four border states of Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan.

House lawmakers moved forward with a bill Tuesday aimed at increasing the transparency of health care costs in the state.SB 5 would create a database of…