Trump and Kennedy Placing Patients First

In 2019, President Donald Trump issued a sweeping Executive Order, 13877 that placed the needs of patients first. It called for hospitals to provide price transparency for patients. This was the type of healthcare cost reform that was needed for decades, as prices were often hidden from patients. Unfortunately, with the advent of the administration of President Joe Biden, progress was halted on this issue. The Biden administration refused to pressure hospitals and health care plans to provide price transparency for patients. As noted by Ilaria Santangelo, Research Director of PatientRightsAdvocate.org, under the Biden administration compliance with the regulations was...