On behalf of doctors across America and their patients, I am writing to underscore the importance of the executive order President Trump signed this week on “Improving Price and Quality Transparency in Healthcare.” Everyone will benefit from this, save for those who profit from keeping Americans in the dark.

To achieve this critical step toward fixing our sick healthcare system, nothing less than an order from the top will do. Congress was not going to get this done, not so long as the special interests profiting from our opaque system continue to pour millions of dollars into their pockets to maintain the status quo.