Just a Minute! Inviting You to Support the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act

October 23, 2026

The number one priority of the Council’s health care advocacy agenda is addressing the root causes of rising spending, including the misaligned incentives that promote hospital and provider consolidation. Among these are the all-too-common anti-competitive contracting provisions that limit employers' efforts to promote high value care.

Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in both chambers of Congress that would prohibit these anti-competitive practices: the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act. As we reported in our October 9 Action Alert, the Alliance to Fight for Health Care is organizing a sign-on letter urging lawmakers to take up the bill after the midterm elections.

In this episode of Just a Minute!, Council President Katy Johnson encourages employers to review the letter and add your organization’s name.