A Trump administration plan to make hospitals disclose their negotiated prices is spurring a battle between industry and patient advocates that could determine how far the White House will go with its initiative.
Friday marks the end of a public input period that has seen more than 750 comments on a proposed rule that would include upending the secret negotiations that determine how much insurers pay for treatments and care. The administration is expected to release a final rule in November. It would take effect Jan. 1, 2020.
Oblivious wsj acting like we have a normal president
Because hospitals just make shit up.
What these hospitals only care is how to get much more money from people by untransparency operations.
unrealistic burden? it's unrealistic prices that are screwing over people going to hospitals, where things should be so cheap since its 2020. gtfo bs from money grubbing medical field companies and drug companies too
Often physicians don’t know the cost of procedures or surgeries. Ex: How much is anesthesia? No, clue! Ask the anesthesiologist. What other business in the world tells the cost afterwards? I understand variables, but a reasonable estimate?
It’s one of the only things I like that this guy has proposed, so it probably won’t happen.
Trump is completely on the right track with this. Hospital costs are obscene.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t afford the prices, of course. The most efficient insurance pool will include everyone.