A basic problem with Trump's order on price transparency is that itis too vague, giving providers considerable leeway in how and whatto report. (Image: Shutterstock)
President Trump's June executive order mandating healthcare providersto increase price transparency tapped into a popular thread inAmerican politics. But whether Trump's two-part plan to bringpricing into the open will actually result in lower overallspending on health services is dependent upon so many variablesthat its true impact will not be felt for years.
Or so says Anna D. Sinaiko, MPP, PhD, Department of HealthPolicy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health,author of a recent analysis of the executive order published inthe Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
