Erica Socker

@EricaSocker

VP for Health Care, @Arnold_Ventures. Thoughts my own.

Alexandria, VA Joined May 2021

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Erica Socker @EricaSocker Jul 29, 2024

Paying the same price for routine services whether they’re delivered in a physician office or a hospital outpatient facility is a commonsense reform with strong bipartisan support. Tune in now to hear more at today’s @Paragon_Inst event. c-span.org/video/?537419-…

Erica Socker @EricaSocker May 28, 2024

Join our team! We're looking for someone to work on our Medicare and payment reform team. This is a great opportunity for someone earlier on in their career to learn more about these health policy issues and work with an amazing set of colleagues! Apply 👇arnoldventures.org/careers/health…

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Erica Socker @EricaSocker May 21, 2024

Check it out this Thursday!

Loren Adler @LorenAdler May 21, 2024

Should be a good House Budget Committee hearing this Thursday on the budgetary effects of health care consolidation, feat. @ChapinWhite & @ben_ippolito

budget.house.gov/hearing/breaki…
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Erica Socker @EricaSocker May 13, 2024

This year's @RANDCorporation data reiterates that the prices hospitals charge people with private insurance far exceed what Medicare pays (2.5x Medicare rates on average).

An important driver of high prices? The market power of large, consolidated hospitals and health systems.

RAND Verified account @RANDCorporation May 13, 2024

New report: Prices paid to hospitals during 2022 by employers and private insurers for inpatient and outpatient services averaged 254% of what Medicare would have paid, with wide variation in prices among states. bit.ly/3ycYgNH
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Erica Socker @EricaSocker Apr 18, 2024

"Even though we served under presidents for different parties, we both recommended that Congress adopt policies advancing site-neutral payments to save patients and taxpayers money."

- former HHS Secretaries Alex Azar and Kathleen Sebelius

statnews.com/2024/04/18/sit…

www.statnews.com Former HHS secretaries: Congress should adopt site-neutral payments for health care Imagine that your favorite independent coffee shop is bought by a global chain. Your $2 cup of joe jumps to $4 overnight. That's essentially what's happening in health care.