transparency

The case for health care price transparency and beyond

Everything we buy has a price tag on it, except one of the most important things: health care services. Here's why—and how—that needs to change.

Connor Boyack
| 20th Jan 2019

Op-Eds

Shine Some Light on Utah’s Jails and Justice System

When it comes to data, little is known about pre-trial trends in Utah—but when people are being incarcerated without being convicted, we need transparency to see what's happening.

Molly Davis
| 19th Nov 2018

2018 Bills

Opening the Door to Price Transparency in Health Care Costs

Reforming healthcare will take revolutionary changes in the industry. "Right to Shop" is one of those revolutionary ideas that passed the Utah Legislature this session.

Michael Melendez
| 22nd Mar 2018

2018 Bills

SB 205: Reporting on Inmate Deaths

This bill requires transparency of jail policies surrounding opioid addiction and inmate deaths.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 20th Feb 2018

2018 Bills

HB 387: Lifting the Curtain Off of Higher Education

This bill requires that each higher education institution's "full budget, including a comprehensive chart of accounts" be reported to legislators in a public meeting.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 20th Feb 2018

2018 Bills

SB 198: Transparency Reporting for In-School Police Enforcement

This bill requires an annual report on how in-school police officers are being used.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 15th Feb 2018

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