5 payer CEOs to testify before Congress on rising healthcare costs

Becker’s Hospital Review – Thursday, January 8, 2026
By Jakob Emerson

House Republicans have asked the leaders of some of the nation’s largest health insurers to testify before Congress at the end of January as scrutiny intensifies over rising healthcare costs and industry profits.

On Jan. 22, the CEOs of UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health, Elevance Health, The Cigna Group, and Ascendiun (parent company of Blue Shield of California) will appear before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health in the morning, and the House Committee on Ways and Means in the afternoon, according to a Jan. 8 statement from the committees.

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