President Donald Trump issued an executive order on price transparency requirements in the health care industry on Feb. 25.
Trump signed the order titled “Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients with Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information.” He was accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“You’re not allowed to even talk about [prices] when you go into a hospital or see a doctor, and this allows you to talk about it,” Trump said of the executive action.
The order aims to gain greater compliance with a federal regulation issued during Trump’s first administration….