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High Healthcare Costs Driven by Opaque Prices, Market Consolidation: Hearing

High Healthcare Costs Driven by Opaque Prices, Market Consolidation: Hearing
A medical worker treats a patient in the ICU ward at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass. on Jan. 4, 2022. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images
Nathan Worcester
Nathan Worcester
3/29/2023|Updated: 3/29/2023
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Lawmakers and healthcare experts drew attention to continued problems with price transparency and unchecked consolidation in a hearing focused on the high cost of healthcare in the United States.

“Transparency is vital in moving to a functional market and lowering healthcare prices–put simply, we must have the data,” said Marilyn J. Bartlett, an accountant with the National Academy for State Health Policy who worked on the Montana State Employee Health Plan.

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