Florida along with most other states, are grappling with rising costs of healthcare. While more people have insurance today due to the federal Affordable Care Act—what they pay for it continues to go up. Governor Rick Scott has targeted hospitals—where patients tend to incur expensive medical bills. And he’s proposed ideas for making those bills more transparent to consumers. But David Newman, Executive Director of the non-partisan Health Care Cost Institute says while price transparency sounds good, it may not work the way proponents believe.
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