HHS Attempt to Provide Pricing Transparency Falls Short

Depending on whom you ask, the hospital pricing data recently released by HHS represents either a remarkable move toward health care transparency or a giant waste of printer toner. Perhaps the truth lies somewhere in between. On May 8, the agency released prices from more than 3,000 U.S. hospitals for the 100 most common inpatient treatment services provided in 2011. More than four times longer than Atlas Shrugged,
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