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Americans deserve to know healthcare prices before the final bill arrives

Studies estimate billions in potential savings as bipartisan efforts move to make transparent pricing the law of the land

By David Bernstein Fox News

Published August 5, 2026 7:00am EDT

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In an era of political gridlock, at least one clear area of bipartisan common ground continues to exist — the desire for real healthcare price transparency. In fact, a 2025 poll showed 96% of Americans across the political spectrum are in favor of the commonsense idea that you deserve to know the price of healthcare before receiving it. And finally, tangible progress is being made in both chambers of Congress to build upon numerous executive orders and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rules and make healthcare price transparency the law of the land.

But why is healthcare price transparency so important?

First, healthcare price transparency is a needed initial step to fix the broken healthcare market. It allows for better, more accurate price signals, empowering patients with key information that allows them to shop for non-emergent healthcare goods and services. It also puts public pressure on care providers to justify prices, which may or may not be reasonable. I say let the........

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