I missed all votes today due to a funeral. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 356, YEA on Roll Call No. 357, and YEA on Roll Call No. 358. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I experienced unavoidable…

We strongly endorse the bipartisan Senate Bill 3548, The Health Care PRICE Transparency Act 2.0, introduced by Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee member Senator Mike Braun and Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders.

That is why hospitals now comprise about 45 percent of the health care dollar because they have bought up so many clinics, and as soon as they buy the clinics the prices go up.

I do not know of one other industry where we have had to bring, at the federal government level, a transparency bill.

We need policies that empower patients and provide employers with the information necessary to create the best health care benefit for their employees.

one of the reasons that the Braun-Sanders bill is so important is because it makes this data available in a standardized format

That's why we need the Braun Sanders bill, and section seven in particular.

They also told me you would save so much money you can protect your employee with not having to engage in the coinsurance.

It is time to deliver for our seniors, our families, and Americans all across the country.

I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to get the Health Care Price Transparency Act 2.0 to the President's desk.

Today I am releasing a report that highlights the need for Congress to enact additional transparency across the health care supply chain.

By the way, before my time runs out, back in 2008, the insurance companies told me that if you can create a market and an engaged consumer you will save so much money.

That is why hospitals now comprise about 45 percent of the health care dollar because they have bought up so many clinics, and as soon as they buy the clinics the prices go up.

one of the reasons that the Braun-Sanders bill is so important is because it makes this data available in a standardized format

All insurance companies basically do this.

that is the ultimately behavior of a monopoly, and remember, they are the supplier, and this is going against their own customers, and that, to me, is indicative of why we are in the pickle we are in.

We strongly endorse the bipartisan Senate Bill 3548, The Health Care PRICE Transparency Act 2.0, introduced by Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee member Senator Mike Braun and Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders.

that is the ultimately behavior of a monopoly, and remember, they are the supplier, and this is going against their own customers, and that, to me, is indicative of why we are in the pickle we are in.