HHS Offering $5,000 to Someone who Can Simplify the Medical Bill for Patients

Bit of a tangent topic here at best, but HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell just announced a contest promising a cash prize of $5,000 to the person or organization that designs a simpler medical bill.

The “A Bill You Can Understand” contest was announced Monday as a response to the common complaint that today’s medical bills are too difficult for consumers to understand.

[I]Burwell says: “This challenge is part of HHS’ larger effort to put patients at the center of their own health care. With today’s announcement, we are creating progress toward a medical bill that people can actually under
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