Hospital Groups File Appeal Over Trump’s Price Disclosure Rule (1)

Leading hospital trade groups say a federal district court judge was wrong to uphold a Trump administration rule that requires hospitals to publicly disclose the prices they privately negotiate with insurance companies for medical procedures.

In an appeal filed Friday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, industry groups and hospital systems led by the American Hospital Association allege the Department of Health and Human Services overstated the rule’s benefits, inadequately considered its burden, and issued a rule that unconstitutionally compels speech by forcing hospitals to list prices without proving how those disclosures will lower ...