Trump Urged to Go Further on Health Price Transparency Rules

Health industry researchers hope the Trump administration will continue enforcing transparency in health-care prices after finalizing a rule to strengthen compliance by hospitals.

The policy has garnered bipartisan praise for President Donald Trump since he finalized the original set of transparency rules during his first term. But complex billing methods and lagging compliance have stalled the price revolution advocates want the requirements to trigger.

Data gleaned from the price disclosures thus far is most useful to pricing experts and organizations with the resources to hire them, like employers. But in an ideal world, patients will be able to easily shop ...