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Survey Finds MA Patients Finding Prices Hard to Access Despite Transparency Law

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Modern Healthcare writes: Consumers find medical bills absorb an increasing share of their income, but their ability to shop among hospitals and clinics remains limited.  For more than a year, Massachusetts hospitals and clinics have been required to respond within two business days to consumers’ request for a price. That proved to be difficult for some Massachusetts hospitals surveyed by the public policy think tank Pioneer Institute, which surveyed 22 hospitals and 10 clinics on the price of a common and uncomplicated imaging service, an MRI without contrast.  Many hospitals could not quote a price within two days. Clinics fared much better, but both results did not shock national organizations that advocate for more transparency prices.

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