Hill January 9, 2024
Americans are nearly unanimously in favor of legally requiring health care entities like hospitals, insurance providers and doctors to disclose their prices in an easily accessible place, according to a new survey.
New polling conducted by Marist for the nonprofit Patient Rights Advocate (PRA) found that 94 percent of adults agreed that hospitals, insurance companies and doctors should “be legally required to disclose all of their prices, including discounted prices, cash prices, and insurance negotiated rates across hospitals and across plans in an easily accessible place online.”
This result were statistically the same across political parties, age groups, level of education attained, income level and region in the U.S.
When asked if whether “hospitals should be required to post all...