Read the article titled Hospital Prices No Longer a Secret as New Data Reveals Bewildering System, Staggering Cost Differences written by Young andKirkham and published by Huffington Post on March 22, 2015.

After reading the article, comment on the current state of hospital pricing. What are provisions of Obamacare related to the hospital pricing. Is the federal database of national healthcare costs beneficial? If so, why? Make sure to click on the links in the article to learn more. Then, click on the link within the article and find a procedure that you can compare across two or more facilities. What have you found and learned? Share with the class.

The link is below:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/08/hospital-prices-cost-differences_n_3232678.html