Medical Xpress April 9, 2025
It’s a holy grail of health care: forcing the industry to reveal prices negotiated between health plans and hospitals—information that had long been treated as a trade secret. And among the flurry of executive orders President Donald Trump signed during his first five weeks back in office was a promise to “Make America Healthy Again” by giving patients accurate health care prices.
The goal is to force hospitals and health insurance companies to make it easier for consumers to compare the actual prices of medical procedures and prescription drugs. Trump gave his administration until the end of May to come up with a standard and a mechanism to make sure the health care industry complies.
But Trump’s 2025 order is...
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