Congress Has The Opportunity To Deliver Health Care Price Transparency
Health Affairs March 18, 2024
Editor’s Note
This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider prices in the private-sector markets and their contribution to overall spending therein. Additional articles will be published throughout 2024. Readers are encouraged to review the Call for Submissions for this series. We are grateful to Arnold Ventures for their support of this work.
The US health care system has been previously described as “chaos behind a veil of secrecy.” The lack of transparent price information contributes to patient frustration and leaves many employers blind when purchasing health benefits for their workers and families. As health care spending continues to...