Hospital price transparency was first passed in Colorado. It's a federal law, but hospitals fought it at the federal level. They lost. CMS is not doing a very good job of enforcing it. Colorado passed [hospital price transparency] two or three years ago. It's now in force and we're starting to see the effects of it and it's positive. Texas passed it. Virginia, Ohio, let's get it done. In Wisconsin, let's get insurance price transparency so consumers know, employers know. Do you support increasing the Medicaid reimbursement rate to hospitals this time around? (14:22–14:30)
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