A Push for Transparency of Health Care Costs

Source: WHYY Newsworks, February 11, 2013 As a part of the Affordable Care Act, the total cost of health benefits is now printed on W-2 forms. This is meant to make employees aware of the full cost of their health benefits. Kevin Volpp offers that a once-a-year reminder of this may not be ineffective since it does not tell consumers how they can lower these costs.