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Disclosure on health care costs can help reduce those costs. That is not always true.

Increased Health Care Disclosure: Will It Help?

Increased Health Care Disclosure: Will It Help?

The federal government has taken steps to increase the amount of information available to consumers about health care costs. Will it help?

In recent weeks the federal government has taken a number of steps to increase the information available to consumers. However, it is not clear whether these new disclosures represent breakthroughs in transparency or are simply window dressing.