PRESS RELEASES, LETTERS, AND COMMENT SUBMISSIONS
January 7, 2021: Statement on Events at the U. S. Capitol
December 29, 2020: Statement on the U.S. Court of Appeals Decision
October 29, 2020: Statement on the Transparency in Coverage final rule
October 22, 2020: Statement from Newt Gingrich, Ken Blackwell, Brian Blase, and Steve Forbes on the Economic Impact of Healthcare Price Transparency
August 21, 2020: Patient Advocacy Groups File Amicus Brief Supporting Dept. Of Justice In Price Transparency Litigation
July 27, 2020: PatientRightsAdvocate.org Letter to Congress
July 20, 2020: New Poll in Battleground States Demonstrates Strong Support for Healthcare Price Transparency in the Next COVID-19 Stimulus Package
June 30, 2020: PatientRightsAdvocate.org Statement Commending The Healthcare PRICE Transparency Act
June 23, 2020: PatientRightsAdvocate.org Statement on American Hospital Association (AHA), et. al., v. Azar
June 1, 2020: Poll Demonstrates Strong Bipartisan Belief Price Transparency Would Lower Prices and Provide Financial Relief
May 7, 2020: PatientRightsAdvocate.org Statement on AHA v. Azar Hearing
April 3, 2020: For Patient Advocate With Administration’s Trust, COVID-19 Adds New Urgency
March 28, 2020: PatientRightsAdvocate.org Mourns Loss of Dr. Tom Coburn, Celebrates His Legacy
March 9, 2020: PatientRightsAdvocate.org Statement Commending Today’s Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rules from CMS and ONC
February 14, 2020: Second Letter to Coffeyville Regional Medical Center Regarding Suing of Patients for Medical Debt
February 13, 2020: CDC Heightens Coronavirus Tracking In Some Cities — Azar Faces Grilling From Congress — Influential Conservative Group Backs Trump's Transparency Push
February 13, 2020: Patient Advocacy Groups File Amicus Brief Supporting Dept. Of Justice In Price Transparency Litigation
February 12, 2020: Letter to Coffeyville Regional Medical Center Regarding Suing of Patients for Medical Debt
January 31, 2020: Letter to OMB and HHS Supporting Finalization of the Interoperability Proposed Rules
January 29, 2020: Americans deserve a price-transparent health care system
January 29, 2020: PatientRightsAdvocate.org Comment Submission to Transparency In Coverage Proposed Rule
January 24, 2020: Epic ramps up campaign against HHS interop rules
January 23, 2020: Epic CEO emails hospital customers urging them to speak out against ONC interoperability rule
January 23, 2020: Healthcare After Obamacare Highlighted by Rep. Roy, Others at TPPF Panel
December 4, 2019: PatientRightsAdvocate.org Statements on Today’s Lawsuit Filed by Hospital Groups to Block Price Transparency Rule
November 15, 2019: Statement on Trump Administration’s Final Healthcare Price Transparency Rules
September 27, 2019: PatientRightsAdvocate.org Comment Submission to Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule
June 20, 2019: Physicians Supporting Real Price Transparency in Healthcare
June 3, 2019: PatientRightsAdvocate.org Comment Submission to the ONC Interoperability Proposed Rule
June 3, 2019: PatientRightsAdvocate.org Comment Submission to the CMS Interoperability Proposed Rule
VIDEOS
Articles and Op Eds
Employers, Public May Help Health Price Disclosure Rules Endure
Insurers Must Stop the Tricks, New Rule Says, Offering Consumers a Treat
Why a Health Care Price Transparency Legal Victory Will Be a Monumental Win for American Consumers
Senate Stimulus Alternative Can Include Health Care Price Transparency
Justice Department Makes a Strong Case for Health Care Price Transparency
The Coronavirus Is Catapulting American Health Care Into the 21st Century
Hospitals Taking Bailouts Should Quit Trying to Keep Their Prices Secret
HHS considers rolling back interoperability timeline amid Covid-19
Hospitals gain two-year delay to implement full info-blocking decisions
Health Tech Pros Spotlight Limits on Patient Data Dictionary
Independent surgery centers offer cash-based, transparency prices
Price transparency is the other side of the public option coin
Commentary: Business Roundtable Should Demand Health Care Cost Transparency
Imagine a situation where you knew just what your surgery would cost
Congress Shouldn’t Miss the Opportunity to Sensibly Address Surprise Medical Bills
Texas CEO did something about escalating employee health care costs. And it worked!
Medical errors prevalent and costly, new survey of Massachusetts residents shows
They Want It to Be Secret: How a Common Blood Test Can Cost $11 or Almost $1,000
Action on health care pricing transparency needed to stem rising costs
Radio, & Podcasts
NPR Weekend Edition: The New Year Will Bring More Transparency In Hospital Prices
CBS News: New law requires hospitals to publish prices, including private deals with insurers
Patients Rising Podcast: Patient Victory for Price Transparency
The Today Show: Cost of coronavirus: Patients hit with hefty bills for ‘free’ tests
Patient Stories
A spinal surgery, a $101,000 bill, and a new law to prevent more surprises
This woman’s polite request may have saved her $12,000 in surgery costs
To patients’ surprise, a visit to urgent care brings steep hospital bill
Oregonians Pay Way More Than They Should For Insulin. One Couple Is Fighting to Change That
HHS News and rule making
Books and Whitepapers
Transparent Prices Will Help Consumers and Employers Reduce Health Spending
Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won’t Tell you and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Healthcare
An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
The Price We Pay: What Broke American Healthcare - and How to Fix It
Who Killed Health Care? America’s $2 Trillion Medical Problem
