Opinion: Trump is trying to end secret health care price negotiations. You should be on his side
The Trump administration's efforts in health care price transparency should be supported and furthered to help reveal — and begin to repair — cracks in the health care system that…
President Trump signed an executive order in June that could force price disclosure in health care. Insurers, doctors, and hospitals would have to reveal the secretly negotiated rates they pay for services or charge for them. A month later, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed a rule requiring hospitals to make more price information publicly available. The lack of price transparency behind these efforts is the driving force behind my company — but even if it means taking attention away from what we’re doing, I wholeheartedly support these moves.
The order is part of a growing movement on the federal level to . While the executive order and the president who signed it don’t enjoy universal
