Hospital Prices For 20 Procedures To Be Posted In New Government Program
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The U.S. government will begin telling Americans how much it pays under federal healthcare programs for various medical procedures, HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt announced. The initiative is intended to make healthcare costs more transparent for consumers
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