Lawmakers OK Health Bill to Slash Costs, Undo Select CON Regulations

Lawmakers OK health bill to slash costs, undo select CON regulations

With North Carolina recently ranked as having the most expensive healthcare in the country, state lawmakers have passed a sweeping bipartisan bill aimed at lowering costs and improving transparency for patients. House Bill 434, titled the “Lower Health Care Costs Act,” passed third reading in the North Carolina Senate on Wednesday by a vote of 42 to 3. The three “no” votes were Democrats Rep. Gale Adcock, D-Wake; Rep. Sophia Chitlik, D-Durham; a…

Coalition of Wisconsin Business Leaders Support the Price Transparency for Patients Act - WMC Wisconsin's Chamber

MADISON – On Thursday, Senator Julian Bradley (R-New Berlin), Senator Mary Felzkowski (R-Irma), and Representative Bob Wittke (R-Caledonia) announced the Price Transparency for Patients Act, legislation laying out clear requirements for hospitals to publicly share pricing information with consumers. The legislation requires that hospitals in Wisconsin comply with federal hospital price transparency rules. If the federal requirements cease to exi…

WILL Supports Price Transparency Act, Says Legislators Have Golden Opportunity to Deliver for Wisconsin Families

The News: On Thursday, State Senator Julian Bradley (R-New Berlin) and State Representative Bob Wittke (R-Caledonia) introduced the Price Transparency for Patients Act (LRB-1381). The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) supports this legislation because it sets clear, enforceable standards for hospital price transparency – ultimately empowering patients, laying out clear requirements for hospitals to share pricing with consumers. A pres…