Transparent Health Care Pricing Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5916
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2020-02-14
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs

Health care costs and insurance

Health information and medical records

Inflation and prices
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Transparent Health Care Pricing Act of 2020</b><br> <br> This bill requires health care providers to publicly disclose, on the internet and in print, the purchase price of offered products and services. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5916 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 14, 2020 Mr. Gallagher (for himself and Mr. Meadows ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require providers of health care products and services to publicly disclose point-of-sale cash prices.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transparent Health Care Pricing Act of 2020 . 2. Transparency in all health care pricing Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, all providers to the public of health care products and services shall publicly disclose on the internet and in print point-of-sale cash prices of such products and services.