On June 24th, 2019, cancer survivor Erica Jay visited the White House. She was there to tell her story.

Over the last three and a half years, while fighting a stage three cancer, we visited many health

care facilities.

We saw price variations that just caught us off guard, really surprised us from one facility to the next and it caused us

financial hardship. Erica was there in support of an executive order signed

that day by then President Donald Trump. An example of this is when I had two identical bone biopsy procedures,

only 11 days apart at facilities that were only 17 miles apart

from each other.

We learned when we received the bills

for the second procedure that it cost us

more than 330% than the first time we had it done.

Different facility, identical procedure, drastically different pricing.

It was this kind of price shock that Trump's executive order was designed to avoid.

The Improving price and Quality Transparency in American Health Care to put patients first order directed the Department of Health and Human Services to issue a new rule that mandates hospitals reveal the price of procedures in a

patient-friendly format. Atlanta-based physician Elena George was also at the

signing. She hoped the new rule would transform American

health care the most expensive in the world. I've had patients deny themselves

care because they don't know how much a service will cost.

I have felt powerless at times because of my inability to help them,

especially if I have to send them to a hospital,

and we can't find out the price of the service.

Price transparency is the solution to this. find out the price of the service.

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