Sanders, Wyden demand hearings with health insurance CEOs [View all]

Source: The Hill

04/02/26 9:15 AM ET


Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are calling on Republican committee leaders to hold hearings with the chief executives of top health insurers in the U.S. as they “continue to get rich” during a time when health care access and affordability are of top concern.

Sanders and Wyden wrote to Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), chairs of the Senate Health and Finance committees respectively, asking that they bring in the health care CEOS to testify.

“The American public deserves to know why the big insurance executives that testified before the House earlier this year continue to get rich, as over one-third of people with health insurance have been forced to skip or delay getting the care they need because of the outrageous cost,” the duo wrote in a letter seen first by The Hill.

The House Ways and Means Committee held a similar hearing earlier this year with the CEOs of UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health, Elevance Health, the Cigna Group, Ascendiun and TnK Health and Nutrition. Sanders and Wyden noted in their letter that several of these companies have reported billions in profit and that several, like Cigna and Aetna, have spent a significant amount of money in stock buybacks,. The senators noted how both Cassidy and Crapo have criticized health insurance companies for policies that make plans unaffordable for patients.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5812523-sanders-wyden-health-insurance-ceo-hearings-affordability/