Should hospitals be required to show patients charges for healthcare services?
A new bill introduced in the Michigan state legislature would require hospitals to detail specific charges for healthcare services.
Meant to coincide with a recent emphasis of transparency in healthcare, the bill would require hospitals to designate a "chargemaster" responsible for making their list of charges publicly available. The change would allow patients to view the amount of the charge before receiving treatment.
“This is an effort in the direction of transparency, which we are fully supportive of,” David Finkbeiner, Michigan Health and Hospital Association senior vice president for advocacy, told NPR. “The question is: If the goal is to help patients better understand the cost of their health care, we're not convinced that this is the mechanism that's going to do that.”
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