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Senate Passes Bills to Bring Transparency to Health Care Costs
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April 4, 2019
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2:09:33Now PlayingIn an effort to bring greater transparency to the hidden costs of health care, the Senate passed two measures Thursday, April 4, designed to help Minnesotans understand driving factors behind prescription medicine and hospital billing.
The first measure, SF 278, sponsored by Senator Scott Jensen, R-Chaska, would license and regulate Pharmacy Benefit Managers with the effort of disclosing the cost and markup of drug distribution through health care plans. The second measure, SF 131, carried by Senator Rich Draheim, R-Madison Lake, would require hospitals to itemize their charges within 30 days of the patient being released from care.
In other floor action, the Senate passed another health care measure, SF 277, sponsored by Senator Jensen, that would allow Minnesotans to engage in direct primary service contracts with their physicians. The also gave final approval to SF 1257, sponsored by Senator Jeremy Miller, R-Winona, that allows more individuals who complete training to administer Epinephrine auto-injectors.
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