Washington Examiner November 14, 2019
Rob Crilly

The White House is expected to unveil its long-awaited transparency policy on Friday to force the healthcare industry to do a better job of offering clear prices to patients.

The policy will put the administration on a collision course with hospitals and insurers who say they plan to mount a legal challenge.

It is understood that the White House will publish a regulation setting out its new policy. “It’s going to be not only health insurance transparency, but it will also be hospital billing transparency,” said a senior administration official.

Previous proposals have attracted the opposition of insurers and hospitals who claim it could create confusion and fuel anti-competitive behavior among providers. But campaigners for greater transparency say it will...

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