>>8476538 (lb)

>The hospitals say the rule will have the opposite of the intended effect and cause competitors to increase prices to match their rivals to a point where consumers will decide against receiving care.

This is bullshit. I've heard state health & environment directors leading the cause say that it will increase choice for consumers. Health care providers are getting the push to provide information and negotiate among each other (hospital to hospital in each state) about which services they will provide and agree to provide referrals to each other. It all comes down to money.

Doing right for the consumer as a priority might be (hopefully) a positive result of this coronavirus crisis.

>>8477538

Health care is such a cluster fuck issue. I think the issues are multi-faceted and definitely agree that insurance is a major part of the problem.

Tax preparer a few years ago said that once Obamacare went live, she went through so much to get healthcare, she was put on medicaid, argued that she didn't qualify for it. They persisted, and she voila she was on Medicaid for the rest of the year. The bureaucracy of it all.