Information asymmetry relating to price between providers and patients is an unfortunate feature of healthcare in the United States and Texas. Pricing information asymmetry, wherein patients have insufficient information about healthcare prices, may lead to patient confusion, dissatisfaction with service, or even the avoidance of care due to fears of unknown costs. Notably, 62% of Texans reported forgoing healthcare due to anxieties about cost.
Better Healthcare Options Are Here
The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) has opened up opportunities for better medical care at a fraction of the cost. But now, opponents of healthcare reforms—people who want everyone to be on a singular government system—are using the government shutdown and false cries of “defunded Medicaid” to destroy the new options that the OBBB for...