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In the past two years, we have begun to see the value of pricing data realized. But even as we recognize the progress that has been made to date, we are aware of how much work many hospitals must ...

If we’re going to have an honest conversation about affordability, Congress must confront hospital monopolies head-on.

Healthcare is the only industry in which consumers are completely unaware about the price of a service they are purchasing until after the fact, when the medical bills arrive. Patients, however, want ...

10 ways to fight for transparency in hospital prices while still getting quality care When you hit your 50s, 60s or 70s, odds are good that you'll be going to the hospital for a scheduled surgery or ...

Inefficiencies plague our current healthcare system. Politicians are quick to blame these problems on the market and subsequently advocate for ever greater government control. But government programs, ...

Those that do comply do so minimally, while still burying pricing files in unusable formats that might as well be invisible to patients. Insurers negotiate blindly with hospitals that keep an upper ...

On April 1, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that his agency would be “requiring hospital executives to attest that their posted prices are accurate. If hospitals ...

Rising health care costs are a major threat not just to Wisconsin families, but to businesses and the state’s overall ...