The Price is Right: Promoting Greater Transparency in Healthcare
Price transparency is consistently the single most popular polled healthcare reform, regularly garnering 90 percent public support.
Focusing on price transparency also makes sense from a policy perspective, as underlying price increases have accounted for upwards of two-thirds of total healthcare spending growth, which leads to higher health insurance premiums each year.
Florida can be the national leader in price transparency. The state has a solid foundation upon which to build, but more is needed to help patients afford needed care, and to help Florida companies remain competitive.
Patients are the Victims of Anticompetitive Contracting in Healthcare