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Advocates say price transparency alone won’t fix healthcare prices

(The Center Square) – Letting patients see hospital prices can help, but it will not fix the high cost of health care by itself. That's what witnesses told members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health at a hearing on health care price transparency. The recent hearing

‘Taxpayers deserve to know’: Experts applaud Trump’s drug price transparency expansion

(The Center Square) – Patients' rights groups are praising President Donald Trump’s announcement of drug price transparency expansion as the first step toward price transparency in healthcare, stating that taxpayers deserve to know where their money is going. Founder and chairman of PatientsRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) Cynthia Fisher told The

PacificSource to end Montana insurance operations

PacificSource to end Montana insurance operations

PacificSource Health Plans, one of Montana’s three primary health insurance providers, will cease its Montana operations and exit the marketplace by the end of the year. “PacificSource is making difficult decisions to ensure we can continue fulfilling our mission and serving members for the long term amid growing pressures

PacificSource to end Montana insurance operations

PacificSource Health Plans, one of Montana’s three primary health insurance providers, will cease its Montana operations and exit the marketplace by the end of the year. “PacificSource is making difficult decisions to ensure we can continue fulfilling our mission and serving members for the long term amid growing pressures

Advocates call for hearing about Geisinger-Risant insurance condition change request

Advocates call for hearing about Geisinger-Risant insurance condition change request

Scranton, Pa. — Watchdog groups are asking for a hearing about a change Geisinger-Risant hopes to make concerning its insurance. Progressive nonprofit Action Together NEPA and healthcare union SEIU Healthcare PA have issued a call for a public hearing about Geisinger-Risant’s “request for modification” of its insurance conditions.

Health insurance jargon can be frustrating and confusing – here’s how to navigate it

Health insurance jargon can be frustrating and confusing – here’s how to navigate it

(AMHERST, MASS.) Since the Affordable Care Act subsidies expired at the end of 2025, Americans have undoubtedly been encountering a great deal of confusing information surrounding health care costs and insurance plans. From five-figure deductibles to premiums higher than people’s mortgages, costs are rising across the board. With

U.S. House to hold hearing addressing rising health care costs this week

(The Center Square) – Rising hospital prices will face scrutiny on Wednesday as a U.S. House panel examines the drivers of health care costs across the country. The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing titled “Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An