Tennessee Star:
Legislators are proposing to make the prices for healthcare services and treatments available to patients up front. The legislation would require certain healthcare facilities and providers to post a list of all services provided with their cost. It would also mandate that any payments made in full within 30 days of services rendered be accepted if they match the listing price at the time of care.
The bill would regulate healthcare providers under title 63, except for veterinarians and occupational and physical therapists. State Representative Jason Hodges (D-Clarksville) first filed this bill last week. Freshman State Senator Sara Kyle (D-Memphis) filed the companion bill on Monday.
Neither legislator’s spokespersons responded to request for comment by press time.
In a tweet, Hodges insinuated that one of the main focuses for the Democrats would be affordable healthcare. read more
More regulation. I’m sure that will drive costs down.
The healthcare system is just as corrupt as congress and Hollywood.
Previous President Donald Trump enacted a similar transparency requirement in June of 2019, mandating that hospitals disclose their prices up front. The order also impacted the transparency of a patient’s burden for deductibles and copays. Of all the 29 executive orders he’s issued, President Joe Biden hasn’t reversed course on this order for pricing transparency in healthcare. It isn’t clear if he intends to do so.
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Tennessee Democrats have made multiple pleas to President Joe Biden’s administration with the president to rescind it.
I was in the hospital for some minor but high tech surgery a few years ago and ended up receiving bills from something like a half dozen different doctors and services in addition to multiple bills for various services from the hospital itself.
If they’re going to make prices transparent it will be useless unless they also make everyone who is going to be charging you, and for what, transparent as well.
Just wait until the Dollar is transparent!!