Congressman Brett Guthrie, Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman Jason Smith, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, have announced that five major health insurance company CEOs will testify at upcoming hearings focused on health care affordability for Americans with commercial insurance coverage. The hearings are scheduled for January 22, 2026. The panel will appear before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in the morning and then before the House Committee on Ways and Means in the afternoon.
The companies whose leaders have been invited include UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health, Cigna Healthcare, Elevance Health, and Blue Shield of California. The witnesses invited to testify are Stephen Hemsley (CEO, UnitedHealth Group), David Joyner (President and CEO, CVS Health Group), David Cordani (President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board, Cigna Health Group), Gail Boudreaux (President and CEO, Elevance Health), and Paul Markovich (President and CEO, Ascendiun).
In a joint statement regarding the hearings, Chairmen Guthrie and Smith said: “House Republicans are once again left to clean up the mess of Democrats’ flawed policymaking. Instead of temporarily bailing out a failing program utilized by a fraction of the country, we have invited five of the top health insurance company CEOs to testify before our Committees to have a discussion and answer questions about rising costs, the current state of health care affordability, and the role played by large health insurers.
“This hearing is the first in a series to examine the root causes driving higher health care prices and discuss policies that will lower the cost of care for all Americans.
“Republicans are committed to making health care more affordable by driving solutions that increase patient choice and competition, root out waste, fraud, and abuse, and put patients back at the center of our health care system.”
The focus will be on how these companies can help make health care more affordable for those with commercial insurance coverage rather than just those who receive coverage through government programs like Obamacare.
