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Why is price transparency not a thing already? The government should do that immediately and see what happens before doing anything extreme.
by zip1234 7y ago
Why is price transparency not a thing already? The government should do that immediately and see what happens before doing anything extreme.
- tathougies 7y agoPresident Trump has already started that process, and has asked Congress to help: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/24/735432387/trump-administration-pushes-to-make-health-care-pricing-more-transparent https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/24/7354323.... For example, they've already started mandating drug pricing transparency in advertising: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/14/health/drug-prices-tv-ads.html?module=inline https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/14/health/drug-prices-tv-ads..., but are being opposed by industry groups obviously.