Hospitals Sued to Keep Prices Secret. They Lost.
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A federal judge has upheld a Trump administration policy that requires hospitals and health insurers to publish their negotiated prices for health services, numbers that are typically kept secret.
…in a lawsuit, the American Hospital Association said the administration did not have the legal authority to require the publication of negotiated prices, arguing that the publication of the prices could have perverse effects. On Tuesday, the judge, Carl Nichols, disagreed.
Among health economists and other experts, the effects of price transparency policies remain unsettled. The Trump administration has argued that published prices will help empower individual patients as well as employers that buy health insurance for their workers, creating market pressure to discourage overcharging.
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