President Trump issued an executive order on February 25, 2025 titled, "Making America Health Again by Empowering Patients with Clear, Accurate, and Actional Healthcare Pricing Information." This executive order builds on Executive Order 13877 - Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First from 2019 which requires hospital and health plans to provide price information for services.
The new executive order tasks the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health & Human Services to take necessary and appropriate action to implement and enforce the healthcare price transparency issued from Executive Order 13877 including:
1. Require the disclosure of the actual prices of items and services, not estimates.
2. Issue updated guidance or proposed regulatory action ensuring pricing information is standardized and easily comparable across hospitals/health plans.
3. Issue guidance or proposed regulatory action updating enforcement policies designed to ensure compliance with the transparent reporting of complete, accurate and meaningful data.
Read the full executive order at: Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients with Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information – The White House