PIRG urges US House to pass Lower Costs, More Transparency Act

The US House is set to vote on a major piece of health care legislation that would begin to address skyrocketing health care costs. Among other provisions, it would:

1. Strengthen price transparency regulations and create more meaningful enforcement compared to current law;
2. Implement site-neutral payments for certain services, moving the health care system away from pricing based on where services are provided; and
3. Require off-campus hospital locations to have separate identifiers for billing purposes, preventing providers from using more expensive hospital codes for services that didn’t take place at an actual hospital.

PIRG sent a letter asking representatives to vote “yes” on this legislation, scheduled for a vote on Monday, December 11. Passing this bill would be a great first step to lower health care costs and more tools in the toolbox for patient protection. You can send a letter to your Representative asking them to pass the bill using the link below.