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Executive Order 14221Executive Order
Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients With Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information
Donald J. Trump
Signed: Feb 25, 2025
Published: Feb 28, 2025
Healthcare
Standard Summary
Comprehensive overview
This executive order aims to increase healthcare price transparency by strengthening and enforcing existing regulations. It builds upon previous efforts from the president's first term that required hospitals and health plans to disclose pricing information. The order directs federal agencies to take action within 90 days to ensure patients receive actual prices (not estimates), standardize pricing formats for easy comparison, and strengthen enforcement mechanisms. The goal is to empower patients with better information to make healthcare decisions and potentially reduce healthcare costs through increased competition.
Key Points
- 1Requires disclosure of actual prices for healthcare items and services rather than estimates
- 2Mandates standardization of pricing information to make comparisons across hospitals and health plans easier
- 3Strengthens enforcement policies to ensure complete and accurate price reporting
- 4Directs three federal departments (Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services) to implement these changes within 90 days
- 5Builds upon previous Executive Order 13877 from 2019 that established initial price transparency requirements
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