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Transparent Health Care Pricing Act of 2018

Introduced: January 16, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 19, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 16, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 16, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Transparent Health Care Pricing Act of 2018

This bill requires entities that offer or furnish health care related products or services to the public to disclose the price for those products and services at the point of purchase and on the Internet. The entities must disclose all prices, including wholesale, retail, and discounted prices, that are accepted as payment in full for products and services furnished to individual consumers.

The Department of Health and Human Services may investigate and impose civil penalties on entities that fail to comply with this requirement.
What's happening now January 19, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2569 Related bill Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2
Taylor, Scott
· Sep 4, 2018
Shea-Porter, Carol
· Jun 26, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 26, 2018
 D
Torres, Norma J.
California · Apr 18, 2018
DeSantis, Ron
· Mar 6, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4808: Transparent Health Care Pricing Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4808/
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"H.R. 4808: Transparent Health Care Pricing Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4808/.
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