I've advocated for health service and medicinal price and fee disclosure on this site in the past. This policy attacks the core problem of "healthcare" in this country: price inflation. Disclosure contributes to fixing several problems; provides instant transparency, stokes competition (in theory), immediately resolves questionable business practices by the "medical billing" industry, should (in theory) make the insurance claims process more streamlined, it's a simple and honest policy to implement that doesn't involve any trickery or "rob Paul to pay Pete" processes, and likely would result in other tangible benefits. I strongly believe, without experience or data to backup my position, that this is the first and necessary step to resolving the health care problem in this country.

#knowitall #rant