America's Health Insurance Plans: Public Disclosure of Privately Negotiated Rates Will Lead to Less Affordable Health Care for Americans
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Every American should have the personalized health care information they need, when they need it to make better, more informed decisions before they seek and receive care. That is why at least three-quarters of commercial health insurance providers already offer price transparency tools to the more than 120 million people they serve, according to AHIP research.
We are disappointed that the final rule will work to reduce competition and push health care prices higher - not lower - for American families, patients, and taxpayers. This is precisely the opposite of what Americans want in their health care. Americans are clear they want more affordability in health care, not less - 75% of Americans have said they would not support such federal regulations if they would raise the cost of premiums.
We are committed to making health care more affordable for every American, but the approach in the rule is flawed. As consumers' bargaining power, health insurance providers work hard to negotiate lower prices, which result in lower premiums and costs. But competition experts, including the bipartisan
Health insurance providers strive every day for workable, consumer-friendly transparency that ensures health care information is personalized, easy-to-understand, accurate, and actionable, focusing on care for which Americans can actually shop. But requiring health insurance providers to publicly release all in-network negotiated rates, information on out-of-network payments and prescription drug negotiated prices in machine-readable formats will fail to deliver what Americans want - lower costs and high quality health care. Let's work together to empower Americans to make more informed health care decisions without undermining affordability.
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