The initiative, titled the Fair Healthcare Pricing Act of 2014, would prohibit hospitals from setting prices more than 25 percent higher than the actual cost of care, according to a news release. SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West needs to gather and submit approximately 505,000 signatures from registered
Six state legislators from the Bay Area have endorsed the initiative, including Sens. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Sen. Jim Beall (D-San Jose), and Assemblymembers Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco), Bill Quirk (D-Hayward) and Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont).
During the past year or so, scrutiny surrounding hospital charges and prices has intensified. A July 2012 CALPRIG Education Fund report found some
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