{"id":1813,"date":"2026-06-20T08:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T08:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2026-06-20T08:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T08:10:14","slug":"the-highest-paid-hospital-ceo-made-43-million-last-year-all-while-americans-hold-220-billion-in-medical-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=1813","title":{"rendered":"The highest-paid hospital CEO made $43 million last year all while Americans hold $220 billion in medical debt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Even Congress is getting frustrated, as the House Ways and Means Committee\u00a0held a hearing\u00a0in April questioning hospital CEOs on their spending and growing healthcare costs. People in the US owe a collective $220 billion in medical debt, according to the\u00a0Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker, and healthcare costs are\u00a0expected to rise\u00a09% this year, according to a Business Group on Health survey.<\/p>\n

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While executives during the hearing blamed rising premiums and said consolidation could help, nurses on the ground pushed back.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is simply outrageous and immoral that healthcare CEOs take home multimillion-dollar compensation packages as we workers and patients witness\u00a0skyrocketing healthcare costs\u00a0and face chronic short-staffing that undermines patient care in our hospitals,\u201d Karena Jimenez Pulido, chief nurse representative with National Nurses United at HCA Florida Largo Hospital, told us via email.<\/p>\n

. When it comes to providers, it\u2019s not surprising that for-profit CEOs are paid the most.<\/p>\n

Here are the top\u00a0for-profit salaries\u00a0from 2025, according to federal SEC documents:<\/p>\n