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And guess what? It's already very easy for consumers to obtain that information. If you have a scrip for a drug, you can call around to various pharmacies and they'll tell you exactly what they would charge you to buy it if you're paying for it yourself.

And this hasn't always been the case. Only in the last few years have we had this kind of thing help improve the flow of information and empower people to make different decisions.

At any rate. We will see more movement towards disclosing to consumers what has not been disclosed in the past. More information equals better informed and more educated consumers which leads to more informed choices. Which leads to realizations of efficiencies. Which leads to more equalization of prices at similar levels of services. And so on.

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