Americans Could See Major Savings on Routine Imaging Services if Congress Makes, “Same Service, Same Price” a Reality

The scariest thing about getting medical treatment shouldn’t be the bill, but over the past few decades, big health care corporations have become big businesses, at a big cost to all of us. So, what can we do? Members of Congress are considering a bipartisan solution: “same service, same price,” regardless of where patients receive care. This approach would provide relief to millions of Americans with commercial health insurance and save hundreds of billions in costs to seniors, working families and American taxpayers.

In this report, Families USA breaks down routine MRI procedures in states across the country that inexplicably cost more to patients if they are done at a hospital instead of a clinic or doctor’s office. The procedure is the same, but the price is different. We should pay for the quality of the health care we receive, not the building where we receive it, that’s why we need to make “same service, same price” a reality.