Seeing Through the Patient CARE Act: Why Transparency Won’t Fix Our System
By Brad Wright
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The Burr-Hatch-Upton proposal known as the Patient CARE Act would like us to move towards a system of transparency in health care…
Summary: What happens when prices are visible? Well, prices go down, and providers compete. So: health-care marketplace, are you listening? Here’s a…
As part of the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has put a new rule about healthcare costs…
A few weeks ago, I saw my primary care provider for a scheduled physical exam or what the health ins A few…
I’ve written about sky-high hospital prices in this blog, especially for uninsured patients who present at emergency rooms. A related issue is…
(Editor’s Note: Dan Munro writes for Forbes under the heading, HealthCare Compass). (Editor’s Note: Dan Munro writes for Forbes under the heading, HealthCare Compass)….
Hospital Price Transparency Is Here to Stay
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[Second of two articles.]Read our previous post on the topic of transparent prices among hospitals, How to be Named the Costliest Hospital…
Everything we read suggests the day is nearing when all hospitals and doctors will use computers instead of paper to create, store,…
Editor’s Note: Dan Munro is a contributing editor to Forbes. His columns are collected under the heading, “The HealthCare Compass.” Editor’s Note:…