lol, the free market doesn't mean free as in money. Not that I agree with this, but in a free market, information is a good to be purchased just like everything

lol, the free market doesn't mean free as in money. Not that I agree with this, but in a free market, information is a good to be purchased just like everything else. In other words, no matter how nervous hospitals are about transparency, there is some dollar amount that would make them willingly provide all of their pricing data. A company could buy all the data, analyze it and create a paid service that ranked hospitals by affordability, quality, etc. They could then sell access to governments, universities, and insurance companies who would then be able to make informed decisions about society, career-planning, and coverage networks.