A commentary by Bianca Blomquist, the California director for the Small Business Majority, titled “Hospitals’ opaque pricing is crushing California’s small businesses,” leads with this blunt statement: “Small business owners are working hard to keep their doors open while offering employees quality benefits, but rising healthcare costs are making that…
Interesting article posted by NPR/KFF Health News this week, titled “Hospitals are posting prices for patients. It's mostly industry using the data.” The article focuses on the Trump Administration’s desire for providers and insurers to post their prices to the public so healthcare consumers can shop and compare, and avoid…