Hospital Price Transparency After Five Years: The Next Challenge Is Incentives, Not Disclosure Peter J. Pitts August 14, 2026

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/hospital-price-transparency-after-five-years-next-challenge-incentives-not-disclosure Transparency does not fail because hospitals cannot disclose prices. It fails when public policy asks institutions to behave differently without changing the incentives that shape their behavior.