Listen: Do Consumers Benefit When Hospitals Post Sticker Prices Online?
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Julie Appleby, a Kaiser Health News senior correspondent, appeared last week on WBUR’s “Here & Now” with Jeremy Hobson and on Science Friday to discuss the new requirement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that hospitals post their list prices online. But, according to KHN’s coverage, the information popping up on hospital websites “may initially serve to confuse more than illuminate.”
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And check out KHN’s story, “As Hospitals Post Sticker Prices Online, Most Patients Will Remain Befuddled” (Jan. 4), co-written by Appleby and Barbara Feder Ostrov, for more insight.
