WHY WE NEED
TRANSPARENT PRICES
Today, employers can’t see real insurance prices, so they can’t negotiate better rates or make informed decisions to keep costs down and drive growth. 
Similarly, patients without access to clear prices cannot act as consumers. They’re unable to compare and save on care, leaving them stuck with devastating surprise medical bills after all is said and done.
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A hundred million Americans are in medical debt. It’s the leading cause of personal bankruptcy in our country.
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Without access to clear prices, one in three Americans have delayed medical care due to costs.
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A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 40% of voters rank cost-of-living as the single biggest factor in their 2025 vote, revealing that healthcare costs is one of the most urgent issues for Americans.
THE FACTS
NEWS & UPDATES
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Urged to Make Reforms to Lower Health Care Costs
Save Our States is urging President Donald Trump to take “swift action” on a policy that it believes would directly impact affordability: health care price transparency.
Letter to the Trump Administration: Advancing Healthcare Price Transparency
Save Our States has sent a letter to the Trump administration urging swift action to deliver real, upfront healthcare price transparency through the long-delayed Advanced Explanation of Benefits (AEOB). The letter highlights how rising costs burden families and small businesses and calls on the administration to implement reforms that empower consumers with clear, accurate prices before they receive care.
Obamacare Deadlock Drags On, But One Healthcare Fix Could Slash Medical Costs Nationwide
For decades, politicians have failed to stand up to medical industry executives who refuse to provide upfront prices to patients. Thankfully, those days are ending. President Trump is pushing for transparency and accountability in health care. He has the power today to deliver real results for the American people.
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The simplest way to make American life affordable again
When every patient and employer can see prices, markets will clean out waste on their own... The ripple effect — lower costs, higher wages, more investment — will strengthen every part of the economy. If America truly wants to make life affordable again, healthcare transparency is where we start.
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Patients’ group urges Trump to take on healthcare ‘fat cats,’ demand real price transparency
A nonprofit patient rights advocacy group is urging President Donald Trump to take immediate action to enhance price transparency of healthcare costs as the White House weighs a new healthcare proposal.
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Echelon Insights Poll Reveals GOP Midterm Boost from Trump’s Healthcare Price Transparency
Donald Trump has put this on the agenda, and fast action now is essential for small businesses and other American workers. Nobody fills a grocery cart without seeing the price tags. Why do we put up with a healthcare marketplace where prices are hidden until everything is done and we get the bill?
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This Federal Rule Would Solidify Health Care Price Transparency
Implementing the AEOB requirement is crucial to ushering in the benefits of price transparency into our healthcare system. Requiring hospitals and health plans to make pricing data available is a necessary first step, but patients and their families must be able to understand and use that data to make informed choices about their health care.
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Economists Urge Senate To Back Healthcare Bill They Say Could Save Americans $1 Trillion
Over three dozen economists are urging the Senate to pass a bill that would codify President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring health care price transparency, which they say could save the American economy $1 trillion.
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Leading cause of bankruptcy being addressed by new ‘Make America Healthy Again’ tool
Expecting parents to make health decisions for their families with no information on costs can lead to unexpected medical expenses making it harder to plan for, recover from, and avoid financial strain. No parent should ever feel like they must choose between medical care over necessities like food or clothing simply because they don’t know what to expect.
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A Free Market Fix for Health Care: Pass the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
Most Americans get coverage through their employer. But those health plans have been stuck with rising costs that eat into worker wages and take-home pay. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average employer-sponsored health plan now costs $24,000 a year—a 50% increase over the past decade.