The Issue:

Lack of transparency in healthcare pricing costs Americans up to $1 trillion annually. It affects:

• Patients using healthcare services
• Employers, such as beer and beverage distributors, that offer healthcare benefits to employees

Why It Matters:

Lack of transparency in healthcare pricing makes it difficult for patients and employers to manage costs. Beer distributors offer competitive healthcare benefits but face dramatic and unpredictable increases in healthcare-related expenses that limit their ability to make additional investments in employees and communities.

The Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (H.R.5582/S.2355) seeks to foster a competitive, consumer-driven healthcare market by:

• Eliminating blind billing
• Ensuring transparent pricing for services
• Giving employers real-time access to their own claims, including fees for intermediaries

Congress Should:

• Cosponsor the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (H.R.5582/S.2355), which would require all negotiated rates and cash prices between plans and providers to be publicly accessible.

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The average employer-sponsored family insurance plan has increased by 50% in the last decade. Learn how this is impacting the beer and beverage distribution industry:

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