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Trump Needs To Protect Americans From Surprise Health Care Bills

Updated: 9/16/2025

What it is

When leftists attack our health care system for its supposedly market-driven forces, they fail to grasp a key fact. American health care has rarely functioned like a market because few, if any, patients know the price of their care in advance. A recent personal experience illustrated this problem and reinforced the rules the Trump administration must finally implement to make prices transparent.

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Key facts

  • When leftists attack our health care system for its supposedly market-driven forces, they fail to grasp a key fact.
  • American health care has rarely functioned like a market because few, if any, patients know the price of their care in advance.
  • A recent personal experience illustrated this problem and reinforced the rules the Trump administration must finally implement to make prices transparent.

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