Advocacy groups praise Trump admin’s healthcare price transparency commitment

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(The Center Square) – The Trump administration’s commitment to healthcare price transparency has been met by praise from advocacy groups, with the organizations stating such a move is “imperative” and what Americans deserve.

Executive director of Save Our States Trent England told The Center Square: “Price transparency is a core part of President [Donald] Trump’s pro-worker, pro-family, and pro-growth healthcare strategy to lower costs, expand access, and let Americans keep more of the money they earn."

Save our States is an advocacy group focused on defending the constitutional power of states, according to its website.

England told The Center Square: “For too long, families, workers, and small businesses have been trapped by hidden prices and surprise medical bills that line the pockets of powerful hospital systems and insurers.”

“The Administration is putting patients back in charge by forcing the healthcare industry to show real prices upfront, just like any other service,” England said.

“When Americans can compare costs, plan ahead, and avoid getting ripped off, competition works and prices come down,” England said.

Founder and chairman of PatientRightsAdvocate.org Cynthia Fisher told The Center Square that “by requiring upfront prices for patients and full transparency for employers, these reforms expose hidden fees and ensure every healthcare dollar is accounted for.”

PatientRightsAdvocate.org is a nonprofit dedicated to realizing healthcare price transparency in the nation.

Fisher told The Center Square that “under President Trump and Secretary [Robert] Kennedy’s leadership, the Department of Health and Human Services has a clear opportunity to deliver healthcare price transparency quickly, driving lower prices, stronger competition, more jobs, and real savings for American families.”

“We applaud this effort and urge the Administration to move as fast as possible so Americans can see and feel the tangible results of true transparency without delay,” Fisher said.

Executive director of parental rights advocacy group American Parents Coalition Alleigh Marré likewise told The Center Square that her organization “applauds Secretary Kennedy for his tireless efforts to implement healthcare transparency.”

“Transparency in healthcare is imperative for parents because financial uncertainty should never be a barrier to care for our families,” Marré said.

As parents have a responsibility to care for their children’s health, having to make such health decisions without knowing the cost “makes financial planning nearly impossible,” Marré said.

Marré told The Center Square that “as evidenced by [yesterday’s] announcement, healthcare price transparency is thankfully a top priority of the Make America Healthy Again agenda.”

On Monday, Kennedy posted on X about healthcare price transparency, stating: “President Trump and I are doing everything we can to pull back the curtain on prices for hospital stays, physician visits, and prescription drugs.”

“We’re delivering on those promises, working to make your health care more transparent, more accessible, and more convenient, with no surprises,” Kennedy wrote.

The HHS has not yet responded to The Center Square’s request for comment.