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Transparency on health care costs is something we should all agree on

Transparency on health care costs is something we should all agree on

By Jim Stergios and Charles Chieppo 0 Comments Aug 5, 2020

SOME BELIEVE Medicare for All is the answer to America’s health care woes. For others, a functioning free market is the only way to cut costs without sacrificing quality. As far apart as the two sides may be on the ultimate solution, achieving either goal requires knowing the real prices of health care procedures before care(...)

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