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Katy talks to Ron Barshop of Primary Care Cures about the wonders of Direct Primary Care, the “But, Trump” legal theory, how employers are relying on each other to transform the broken status quo and the secret sauce to fuel that transformation: ending secret prices. Listen to the podcast here.

Four major hospital associations filed a lawsuit against HHS so that they can keep hiding their secret prices from patients. They argue that the rule, which requires they disclose the REAL price for all items and services, as well as 300 of the most common bundled services, violates the First Amendment.  Under that argument, every

Large employers are counting on their membership in the Health Transformation Alliance and the National Business Group on Health to advocate for their interests in reforming our broken health care system. So it’s disappointing to see them casting shade on price transparency proposals with dubious arguments in a recent Bloomberg Law article. Katy Talento rebuts

Laurie Rubiner of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and Katy Talento of KFT Consulting write a joint op-ed in The Hill commending President Trump for his policy announcement on September, 2019 and urging him to stay the course in the face of a brutal pressure campaign by tobacco interests. Read the piece.

President Trump announced today the finalization of the CMS rule requiring hospitals to post their secret prices, including cash prices. He also announced a proposed rule to require the same of insurance companies. Important and transformational step for patients, employers, taxpayers and other purchasers of care. By the way, the immediate reaction of the four

This cri-de-coeur at MedPageToday by the incomparable Marty Makary should be required reading for anyone affiliated with a hospital, including med students, residents, and physicians. The days of saying you don’t know when a patient asks you if you’re in network, or what your price is, or claiming “but I didn’t know” after the fact

Concerned citizens might have a few questions for the new Luminis Health, the post-merger entity comprised of Anne Arundel Medical Center and Doctors Community Health System. Katy Talento and other inquiring minds await a response. Read the open letter

Former White House health advisor Brian Blase has published an important white paper, sponsored by Galen Institute and the Texas Public Policy Foundation, reviewing the literature and emphasizing the important opportunities of price transparency policies in health care. Read the paper

Katy Talento writes in the Washington Examiner that Democratic presidential candidates are missing an opportunity to partner with President Trump on a bipartisan priority of voters: ending secret prices in health care. Read the piece

Modern Healthcare: FTC issues sweeping demands for information on providers, insurers. Might it just be possible that the consumer protection agency is finally acting to… protect consumers? Read the piece

Katy Talento takes on JUULtria in this piece in The Federalist questioning why social conservatives don’t stand up to Big Tobacco for the sake of ending youth vaping. She argues that the Trump policy of banning fruity flavors should be embraced by anyone who thinks both the law and justice demand that public health policy put the