When Bernie Sanders and Republicans agree: It’s time to kill secret medical bills
The U.S. healthcare industrial giant is a beast that even Christopher Nolan’s Odysseus would struggle to slay. The multi-tentacled monster — consisting of large hospital systems, insurance conglomerates, and medicine gatekeepers — grows ever larger by the year as Washington feeds it taxpayer dollars. Congress finally seems ready to begin taming it.The weapon of choice: transparency.
- ▪The U.S. healthcare industrial giant is a beast that even Christopher Nolan’s Odysseus would struggle to slay.
- ▪The multi-tentacled monster — consisting of large hospital systems, insurance conglomerates, and medicine gatekeepers — grows ever larger by the year as Washington feeds it taxpayer dollars.
- ▪Congress finally seems ready to begin taming it.The weapon of choice: transparency.
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The U.S. healthcare industrial giant is a beast that even Christopher Nolan’s Odysseus would struggle to slay. The multi-tentacled monster — consisting of large hospital systems, insurance conglomerates, and medicine gatekeepers — grows ever larger by the year as Washington feeds it taxpayer dollars. Congress finally seems ready to begin taming it.The weapon of choice: transparency. Recommended Stories Why an obscure Kansas City nonprofit organization is jacking up your insurance bills When Bernie Sanders and Republicans agree: It’s time to kill secret medical bills Mayor Mamdani, you can hate the Jews — but you must protect them Before departing Washington for the August recess, committees in both the House and Senate advanced legislation to shine more light on hospital prices.
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