6 in 10 say more price transparency laws should be ‘top priority’ for Congress: poll

A majority of Americans say further price transparency fixes should be a “top priority” for Congress, a Kaiser Family Foundation poll found. 

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The poll, published Dec. 20, asked 1,259 U.S. adults how they would prioritize a variety of healthcare policies, according to a news release. 

Of the respondents, 60 percent said passing a law to make healthcare prices more transparent to patients should be a “top priority” for the next Congress. Another 35 percent said transparency laws were “important, but not a top priority.” 

A majority of respondents — 54 percent — said strengthening requirements to ensure parity for mental and physical health should be a top priority, and 51 percent said increasing funding for mental health should be a top priority. 

The poll was conducted from Nov. 29 to Dec. 8. 

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