How much will that surgery cost? Hospital price lists remain largely unhelpful

(By Daniel Chang for NPR)

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 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. Continue reading here…

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