No. of Recommendations: 7
And the plaintiffs repoing the insurance industry and the hospitals will go to the first judge they get and argue that the government has no right demand to see how much something that the taxpayers are paying for cost. Yeah, good luck with that.
"The government" has the right to demand to see how much something that the taxpayer are paying for costs. But "the government" only exercises that right if Congress has passed a law actually demanding to see that information. The agencies don't get to demand to see anything if Congress hasn't authorized them to demand it. In years past, I would have agreed with you that this is exactly the sort of information that the agency should be able to require as part of a "catch-all" requirement - I just don't think SCOTUS is in the mood for letting agencies do things that Congress has declined to specifically mention.
And again, this only applies to the insurance plans - not what the medical providers are actually charging. So the patient gets to see that the insurance plan covers $121 of the cost of an IV, not the price that the doctor's office will charge for the IV.
And even more again, CMS barely had the bandwidth to successfully enforce the regulations that were already on the books against the much more limited universe of large hospitals. Once DOGE gets through gutting their staff, they're not even going to be able to do that - let alone actually enforce whatever new requirements get put into the CFR. The whole point of DOGE is to get rid of those pencil-necked bureaucrats who sit at desks in DC and write and enforce regulations against the people who actually do things in the economy.
If you're looking for more enforcement of bureaucratic regulations (and Obamacare regulations at that!) just because they'll provide greater protection and information for consumers, you've come to the wrong Administration.
