Of course. Well, there are some exceptions, but not enough to matter.The providers and the insurers have no incentive to publish that information.
So . . .
The present setup was engineered by the government. The government can compel provision of the necessary information, or collect it directly. If it matters anymore, that seems far less of an intrusion and more in keeping with the traditional role of government (encouraging free trade and competitiveness) than some other things which have been done.
Information regarding price and quality is needed in any competitive market to improve value, reduce margins. Information on both price and quality remains relatively unavailable.
As a practical matter and based on experience, I expect the government would do a good job of collecting and compiling the information, and a terrible job of making it useful to ordinary people, But if they did the first two parts, public interest groups, nonprofit entities, or even for-profit companies could do a good job of making tools available for people to seek the best value. >That< will result in some reductions in costs over time.
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