Obamacare Repeal

Trump Administration Releases Transparency Rule in Hospital Pricing

11/15/19
from The Wall Street Journal,
11/15/19:

Plans to propose similar requirement for insurers; legal challenges are likely

Prices charged for health-care procedures such as magnetic-resonance imaging vary widely.

Hospitals and insurers would be forced to disclose their secret negotiated rates for the first time under a far-reaching plan released Friday by the Trump administration. Administration officials said the final rule will compel hospitals in 2021 to publicize the rates they negotiate with individual insurers for all services, including drugs, supplies, facility fees and care by doctors who work for the facility.

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