States are still failing to make health care prices accessible and transparent for their residents, according to a recent “report card” released jointly by the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3) and the Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR).
Ninety percent of states do not supply sufficient price information to those shopping for health care products and some have even regressed in their efforts to provide consumers greater price awareness, the report card concluded.
Ideally, states would all provide consumers with an easily-navigable public website as well as an all-payer claims database (APCD) that lets residents compare prices of various health care plans and products.
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