Events

Changing the Playbook on Hospital Prices

Hosted by 32BJ Health Fund, 32BJ Labor Industry Cooperation Fund, and City & State

Thursday, October 9, 2025, 8am–4pm ET

Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011

About this event:

Unsustainable hospital prices have reached a crisis point. Policymakers, consumer advocates, employers, and other healthcare purchasers urgently need strategies to improve access to care at lower prices. The 32BJ Health Fund, 32BJ Labor Industry Cooperation Fund, and City & State will host a daylong conference exploring actionable tactics to change the playbook.

Keynote speaker Mark Cuban, cofounder of Cost Plus Drugs, will share his experience developing direct purchasing models that bypass traditional insurance, hospital, and pharmacy benefit manager markups to reduce healthcare costs.

Alongside networking opportunities, participants will learn about:

· Drivers of high hospital prices

· Potential state and local policy solutions

· Purchasing strategies employers can deploy

· How employers, unions, and advocates can work together to achieve maximum results

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