CBO: Increasing Transparency in the Pricing of Health Care Services and Pharmaceuticals

Increasing Transparency in the Pricing of Health Care Services and Pharmaceuticals, June 5, 2008. Economic and Budget Issue Brief.

  • “The rising cost of health care represents the nation’s single most important long-term fiscal challenge. This brief explores whether increased transparency about prices for specific health care services and pharmaceuticals would help to temper the rapid growth in costs. The answer is unclear because evidence can be marshaled on both sides of the issue.”
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