The lack ofcost transparency has long been an issue in health care, but it hasbeen exacerbated in recent years by an increase in "narrow network"health plans. (Image: Shutterstock)
Medical providers aren't doing nearly enough to help patientsprepare for the cost of their treatments. In fact, a new surveysuggests that providers rarely provide information about costs topatients, which helps explain the dramatic uptick in surprise bills over the last few years.
In a survey of 801 health insurance consumers, allof whom have purchased ACA-compliant plans through eHealth, 30percent reported "never" getting an out-of-pocket estimate fortheir out-of-pocket costs from medical providers while 28 percentsaid they "rarely" received such information.
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