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Trump Administration Pushes To Make Health Care Pricing More Transparent

President Trump is issuing an executive order intended to force hospitals to disclose prices. A lot of work remains to turn this order into a regulation, and the industry is resisting the move.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced his agency will draft new rules intended to require health care companies to disclose their prices.

Updated 4:50 p.m.

President Trump signed an executive order Monday on price transparency in health care that aims to lower rising health care costs by showing prices to patients. The idea is that if people can shop around, market forces may drive down costs.

"The president knows the best way to lower costs in health care is to put patients in control by increasing choice and competition," Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar

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