The American Journal of Managed Care just published a study revealing that insurers are publishing “incomplete price transparency data,” that includes “sparse” hospital inpatient information—nearly one year after President Trump issued an executive order demanding stronger price transparency for American patients and families.
The report, which analyzed 2025 Transparency in Coverage files from several major healthcare insurers, revealed that despite insurers’ claims for transparency, many fall short of truly meeting the Center for Medicaid Services’ requirements. While 27 hospitals have been penalized for alleged price transparency violations, none of the insurers listed have suffered the same for their own inadequacies.
This news is unfortunately not surprising for many Americans who have felt the weight of price obscurity firsthand. For too long, hospitals and insurers have evaded responsibility for obscure and excessive prices lacking itemized breakdowns clearly delineating where patients’ money is being spent. This lack of transparency has resulted in many Americans experiencing severe medical debt, or worse, delaying care either because they cannot afford or are afraid of unknown costs. The current model predominantly favors insurers and medical institutions over the individual Americans they exist to serve.
Conversely, transparency and a patient-first approach is central to Solidarity HealthShare’s mission. Unlike many bureaucratic insurers and medical institutions that publish incomplete data and view patients as cogs in a machine, our healthcare ministry offers a more personal model and seeks to empower members with honest, affordable care, as well as a system that they can trust.
Such transparency is critical, not only for fostering a healthier America, but also in providing healthcare patients – especially families with children – with a practical way of tracking and controlling their healthcare costs and avoiding medical budget surprises that can devastate a family budget.
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