Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients With Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information
Directs the Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services to require hospitals and health plans to disclose the actual prices of items and services so patients and employers can compare healthcare costs, building on prior price-transparency rules. Agencies are to act within 90 days.
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What each section does, and how they differ.
First administration emphasized food transparency and safety. Prior administration abandoned commitments to transparency and proper food labeling.
Federal Government shall implement radical transparency policies including accurate food labeling with actual prices, nutritional quality metrics, and ingredient sourcing.
Secretary of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services shall rapidly implement healthcare price transparency regulations within 90 days by requiring disclosure of actual prices not estimates, issuing guidance ensuring standardized and comparable pricing information across hospitals and health plans, and updating enforcement policies to ensure compliance with complete and meaningful data reporting.
Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.