The Consumer Choice Center is an international consumer advocacy organization that promotes policies supporting innovation, free markets, consumer access, and regulatory reform across industries including healthcare, technology, transportation, and energy.
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2026-02-03
The Case for Transparent Healthcare Pricing with Consumer Choice Center’s Fred Roederwith Fred Roeder
In the latest episode of the Health Policy Podcast, host Brian Hyde interviews Fred Roeder, Managing Director of the Consumer Choice Center, about the importance of transparent healthcare pricing. Roeder discusses the challenges consumers face in understanding medical costs, the impact of opaque pricing on medical debt, and the need for patients to advocate for clearer pricing structures in the healthcare system. The episode emphasizes empowering patients to ask critical questions and compare prices to avoid unexpected medical bills.
Notable quotes
“Patients should be seen as consumers, and we try to empower patients and fight healthcare inflation.”
“Unfortunately in the US health system, even when it comes to routine scans, it really depends to which hospital you go what you pay.”
“Understanding what the price is is actually important for patients.”
“It's not just that this is the problem of the insurance because an average US patient has close to $2,000 annual deductible.”
“We should all raise our voice and actually ask for more enforcement of existing rules.”
“If you save on that, that's probably especially for younger patients and consumers who don't go to the doctor too many times a year.”