CAHI Issues: Price Transparency
Consumers need access to price information if they are going to make good decisions. Yet the health care system historically has been very reluctant to provide that information. No where is this more evident than when the uninsured go to the hospital and get hit with a bill that is often three or four times what an insured person would pay, or more. This has to change.
CAHI Solutions
Legislative Resources
Hospitol and ASC Disclosure and Litigation Protection Act of 2005 - H.R. 4450
CAHI letter of support for H.R. 4450
H.R. 4450 Summary
Price Transparency Coalition Sign-on Letter
CAHI’s “Cover the Uninsured Week” Solution #1, May 10, 2004
For More Information
Health Care Consumers Want to Know Prices - A CAHI Zogby Poll
"Profiting from the Uninsured," CAHI Issues & Answers n.122
"That Will Be How Much?" When the Uninsured Meet the Hospital System - A CAHI briefing, January, 2004
"Hospitals Face Pressure to Change Pricing Policies," Health Care News, April 2004
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