EXCLUSIVE: Trump Urged to Make Reforms to Lower Health Care Costs

A national grassroots nonprofit is urging President Donald Trump to take “swift action” on a policy that it believes would directly impact affordability: health care price transparency.

Save Our States Executive Director Trent England sent a letter to Trump supporting his work on lowering health care costs and urging him to require mandatory advanced notice to patients about health care prices.

“Your Administration can take swift action to implement your reforms by requiring mandatory advanced notice to patients that clearly and exactly shows what insurance will cover and what out-of-pocket expenses patients will owe,” England wrote. This would allow consumers to plan, shop, and save by unveiling costs traditionally hidden until it is too late.”

“Giving Americans power to choose and pay for their own care is a solution that reaches beyond healthcare,” England’s letter continues. “It would address concerns about the cost of living, wage growth, and the overall economy. By making healthcare prices transparent and fostering competition, Americans can keep more of their hard-earned money and face less economic uncertainty.”

Save Our States is also launching an ad campaign and a website titled ShowUsYourPrices.com which details how health care price transparency addresses affordability.

The campaign comes after a Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 40% of voters rank “cost of living” as their biggest priority in the midterms.

Save Our States believes Trump can directly impact the midterms and wallets of Americans through price transparency.

Save Our States was founded in 2009 to protect the Electoral College and stop the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. It is now also focused on ensuring health care price transparency.