Imagine if pilots performed safety checks on only 36% of their equipment or a restaurant served 36% of your pizza or Uber arrived 36% of the time. This is what’s happening in hospitals, which ignore government rules on healthcare price transparency a shocking 64% of the time.

Too often, patients receive medical bills far above what they expected, from an exorbitantly costly surgery to a shockingly high copay for a simple checkup. Sticker shock impact from medical bills can shatter lives, further erode physical and mental health, spark bankruptcy or home foreclosure, or worse. An economic agenda that seeks to improve lives must tackle this issue head-on — and quickly. 

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