Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Dec 2019
Hospital groups sue to block price transparency rule
4 December 2019 - Health care providers say disclosure requirement pushed by Trump violates First Amendment.
Hospital groups sued to block a Trump administration rule forcing them to disclose secret rates, for the first time laying out the industry’s legal strategy for defeating the president’s central health-policy initiative.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday says the rule compelling the hospitals to publish their negotiated rates with insurers violates the First Amendment and goes beyond the statutory intent of the Affordable Care Act.
