Hospitals and insurers are preparing to fight a Trump administration plan that could require the public disclosure of negotiated prices for medical services as part of an effort to reduce U.S. healthcare costs, the Wall Street Journal's Stephanie Armour and Anna Wilde Mathews report, citing industry groups. Patient advocates have largely supported the plan, contending consumers should be allowed to price shop before they select a doctor or go through treatment, however industry groups are questioning the administration's legal authority to mandate price disclosure, which they claim could upend hospitals' negotiations with insurers and are too complex to implement. Publicly traded companies in the space include Aetna, which was cquired by CVS (CVS), Anthem (ANTM), Centene (CNC), Cigna (CI), Health Net (HNT), Humana (HUM), Molina Healthcare (MOH), UnitedHealth (UNH), WellCare (WCG), Community Health (CYH), HCA Healthcare (HCA) and Tenet (THC). Reference Link
