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Trump Orders Health Care Providers To Reveal Prices Before They Deliver Services

Joseph Curl

Imagine if you took your car into the shop and the mechanic said you need some repairs. “How much will it cost?” you ask, and the mechanic says, “No idea. Let’s do the work right now, and in a couple weeks we’ll send you a bill.”

That’s how health care providers now work. Because of varying levels of coverage by insurance companies, the same procedure could cost one patient a couple hundred dollars, while costing another a thousand or more.

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