Health Care

Despite Large Bipartisan Majority, Hospitals Trying to Beat Back Price Transparency

Thirty-four state hospital associations penned a letter to Health and Human Services requesting a delay of the implementation requirement of transparent prices as ordered by the Trump administration. Their request, according to their letter, contends that they’re busy managing the COVID-19 pandemic. But they show their hand when they add, “we hope that you will agree that advancing this...

July 16, 2020
Health Care

Healthcare Price Transparency Wins in Court

The Trump Administration and American patients won a victory today in federal court when Judge Nichols ruled against the American Hospital Association’s lawsuit, which sought to block orders for price transparency. In June of last year, President Trump issued an executive order directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require “hospitals to publicly post standard charge information, including charges and information based on negotiated rates and...

June 24, 2020