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By the People, for the People
HHS Secretary Kennedy Unveils New Health Care Price Transparency Website
The interactive site will allow Americans to compare prices at hospitals, medical centers, and concierge services nationwide.
Published on Feb. 16, 2026
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans for a new interactive website that will provide nationwide health care price transparency, allowing Americans to compare prices at hospitals, medical centers, and concierge services in their area. Kennedy said the site will create price competition and drive down the cost of health care in the country.
Why it matters
The new website aims to fulfill a key priority of the Trump administration's second term - improving health care price transparency and affordability for Americans. Kennedy said the site will empower consumers to make informed choices about their health care, which could lead to significant cost savings.
The details
Kennedy demonstrated the website's functionality, using the example of a pregnant woman in Manhattan trying to decide where to have her baby. He found that within a mile radius, prices ranged from $1,300 to $22,000 for the same service. The website is being designed by 'genius designers' from Silicon Valley, according to Kennedy. The administration is also mandating insurance companies to post their reimbursement rates, which Kennedy said will 'dramatically lower prices'.
- Kennedy announced the new website at a 'One Year of Making America Healthy Again' event at The Heritage Foundation on Monday, May 19, 2025.
- President Trump signed an executive order in 2019 mandating health care cost disclosure prior to treatment.
The players
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The current Secretary of Health and Human Services, appointed by President Trump in his second term. Kennedy is working to fulfill the administration's priority of improving health care price transparency and affordability for Americans.
President Donald Trump
The current President of the United States, who made health care price transparency and affordability a key priority in his second term. Trump signed an executive order in 2019 mandating cost disclosure prior to treatment.
Joe Gebbia
The U.S. chief design officer who is leading a team of 'genius designers' from Silicon Valley in designing the new health care price transparency website.
What they’re saying
“Consumers will have a choice that will drive down the cost of health care.”
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services (The Daily Signal)
“We're also making the insurance companies post what they reimburse and what the provider gets for every procedure and illness, and that is going to dramatically lower prices.”
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services (The Daily Signal)
“All of these systemic changes are ultimately, I think very quickly, drive down the cost of health care in this country and provide transparency and affordability to Americans.”
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services (The Daily Signal)
“[Trump] passed a price transparency legislation that the Biden administration almost never enforced. Now we've changed the regulation so that every hospital is going to comply.”
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services (The Daily Signal)
“President Trump said to me, 'I want to make every American the CEO of their own health,' help them make their own, and make them intelligently, and that's what we're trying to do.”
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services (The Daily Signal)
What’s next
The new health care price transparency website is expected to launch in the coming months, allowing Americans to compare prices and make more informed decisions about their health care.
The takeaway
The Trump administration's focus on health care price transparency and affordability is taking concrete shape with the development of this new interactive website. By empowering consumers with clear pricing information, the goal is to drive down the cost of health care in the United States.
