Bipartisan Health Care Bills Tackling Transparency in Pricing Pass House Committee

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce passed a number of bipartisan bills on July 12 aimed at bolstering transparency when it comes to health care pricing, while simultaneously lowering costs.
The four bills are part of the latest clampdown by members of Congress on soaring medical costs and drug prices that have left an estimated 112 million U.S. adults struggling to afford medical insurance.
“Dishonest billing, opaque rules, and shady industry practices have left patients paying higher costs for health care,” committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), who authored one of the bills, said in a statement announcing the comprehensive health care package Wednesday….}