Ledger · 2016 campaign · № 36

Require price transparency from health care providers

Partial
“[paraphrase] Require price transparency from all health care providers so patients can shop for the best price.”
Promised
, Campaign health care position paper
Re-promised
5 times with a fresh deadline
Topic
Health care
Era
2016 campaign

What happened

A June 2019 executive order led to a rule requiring hospitals to publish standard charges starting January 1, 2021, and a separate insurer rule phased in from 2022. Hospital compliance was low in the first year and the rules covered only part of the health system. PolitiFact rated the promise a compromise on January 15, 2021.

Sources

  1. Require price transparency from health care providers PolitiFact Trump-O-Meter, Jan 15, 2021