Chief Healthcare Executive August 27, 2025
A bipartisan bill is aimed at giving consumers more insight into how much hospital services would cost.
The skinny
Senators have introduced legislation that is aimed at providing Americans with more knowledge of the costs of a hospital stay.
Sponsors
U.S. Sens. Roger Marshall and John Hickenlooper are the prime sponsors of the bipartisan bill. Marshall, a Republican from Kansas, is a physician. Hickenlooper, a Democrat from Colorado, is the state’s former governor.
Summary
Hospitals and health systems would be required to provide more information about the prices of services to consumers. The lawmakers introduced the bill, the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act, last month. (Here’s the text.)
Under the measure, hospitals and other providers would be required to provide...
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