Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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by AMAC Action
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This bill requires hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, imaging providers, and clinical labs to publish actual negotiated rates, cash prices, and itemized costs, and puts the purchasing power back where it belongs: in the hands of American patients.
July 18, 2025
The Honorable Roger Marshall, M.D.
U.S. Senator for Kansas
479A Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator Marshall,
On behalf of AMAC Action, the advocacy affiliate of the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC), with over 2 million members nationwide, I write to express our enthusiastic support for your bipartisan legislation, the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act.
For far too long, American patients, especially seniors living on fixed incomes, have been kept in the dark about the true cost of medical care. The lack of transparency in our healthcare system has led to surprise bills, price gouging, and financial hardship for millions, including the most vulnerable in our society. Your bill represents an important step towards fixing this broken system by ensuring that patients can see, understand, and compare healthcare prices before receiving care.
By requiring hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, imaging providers, and clinical labs to publish actual negotiated rates, cash prices, and itemized costs, your legislation puts the power back where it belongs: in the hands of the American patient. Seniors deserve to know if they are being charged fairly – not after the fact, but when they make their healthcare decisions.
Your legislation reinforces conservative principles of accountability, competition, and personal choice in healthcare. We also appreciate the bill’s provisions to ensure that group health plans and employers have access to claims data, while preventing third-party administrators from hiding vital information. This will help reduce overall healthcare costs, promote innovation, and support AMAC members and their families who are still in the workforce or rely on employer-sponsored retiree coverage.
Thank you for your leadership and for securing a bipartisan commitment to improving the lives of American patients, including seniors.
Sincerely,
Andrew J. Mangione Jr.
Senior Vice President
AMAC Action
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