Disagree. Would not *only* benefit the uninsured.
Doesn’t require more bureaucrats & bureaucrats shouldn’t be determining prices anyway.
Gives consumers opportunity to protest high costs & overrule the bureaucrats.
It only requires the provider to post itemized costs *before* purchase, like menu items in a restaurant, giving the consumer the choice to accept or reject.
Forces providers to compete.
Also, consumers can note changes in costs & better detect fishy billing, saving $$ for taxpayers.
Requires alert consumers, though.
I was using a walk-in clinic, paying cash for all visits & lab tests, with itemized billing.
Soon as I went on Medicare, the cost of basic office visit went from $100 to $190, almost double!
Each lab test jumped, too.
Why?
Because they could. “The government” is the deep pockets.
I raised heck about it. Most people don’t.
My bill was adjusted.
Medicare reimburses 15% on average...so your medical clinic gets about $29. of the $190. charge. That is why they increased the charge from $100. to $190.. So they could get closer to the $100. cash you used to pay.