Indiana has enacted direct price caps on hospital charges to employers, becoming one of the first states to implement this form of healthcare cost regulation. The policy reflects growing bipartisan concern about price escalation in consolidated hospital markets. — Photo by Javid Hashimov on Pexels (Pexels License)
Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD, is Editor-in-Chief of the Georgian Medical Journal and Chair of the Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). He is Professor and Head of the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at David Tvildiani Medical University, and Secretary/Treasurer of the UEMS Section of Public Health. ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.
