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The Center Square: Advocates say price transparency alone won’t fix healthcare prices
The Center Square recently covered a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing on health care price transparency.
The Center Square previously reported that some taxpayer advocates also support the Trump administration’s push to get more claims data in federal employee health plans.
Trent England, executive director of Save Our States, told The Center Square in April that hospitals and other providers benefit when patients and taxpayers cannot easily see prices.
“Hospitals and other medical providers set their prices, and they benefit from the opacity,” England said. “They benefit from the fact that it’s just hard to see.”
Read the full article at The Center Square.