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Section 6 Citations

There are no citations in section 6. I recommend that it be removed if no citations are added.

I've added a "citation needed" tag instead of removing the entire section. Meatsgains^(talk) 18:00, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Needs to be updated tag

Would it be appropriate to update the date in that tag to the current date? Likeanechointheforest (talk) 13:52, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hospital Price Transparency

Sometime in 2018 the HHS under Alex Azar proposed a rule requiring hospitals to publish price lists for standard services. It was finalized in Nov 2019, took effect in Jan 2021, and I believe both HHS and Congress have looked at updating it since. As this aims to address cost, one of the most painful points in health care, it would seem to deserves at least a mention on this page…?

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/27/2019-24931/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2020-hospital-outpatient-pps-policy-changes-and-payment-rates-and 2600:8803:7C80:2E:C24A:CEC4:E9C:BBFA (talk) 05:48, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]