Trump Signs Executive Order Compelling Disclosure of Prices in Health Care

Re:Trump Signs Executive Order Compelling Disclosure of Pric... by Despegar on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @12:07PM (#20275602)

>Single-payer would not fix the problem by itself, either... although using monopsony power could certainly help, if executed competently.

The other half of this has to be aggressive antitrust enforcement in the healthcare sector.

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Re:Trump Signs Executive Order Compelling Disclosure of Pric... by SlowRobotAhead on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @12:48PM (#20276107)

So that along with the fact that "if executed competently" is outside of the government's ability... Are two reasons this will never happen.

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Re:Trump Signs Executive Order Compelling Disclosure of Pric... by Despegar on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @01:42PM (#20276775)

I wouldn't be so sure. Antitrust is having a renaissance right now.

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Re:Trump Signs Executive Order Compelling Disclosure of Pric... by SlowRobotAhead on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @04:02PM (#20278267)

I agree talk of antitrust is hot right now. We'll see if it's anything more than talk in an election year.

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