Trump administration wants hospitals to post prices, lawsuit looms - Business Insider

This story requires our BI Prime membership. To read the full article,The Trump administration released two new price transparency regulations on Friday — and hospitals immediately said they would sue.

Hospitals are pushing back by arguing that the administration doesn't have the authority to require this disclosure, and that First Amendment rights are being violated. The hospital price transparency rule, which requires the disclosure of negotiated rates, is final and will be implemented in January 2021 — if it withstands the legal challenges against it.

The rule deals with trade secrets, and again, courts have said that to overrule these the focus must be narrow. "This is anything but narrowly focused," Nickels said.Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told reporters on Friday that "we feel we're on a very sound legal footing for what we're asking."

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