What you see may not be what you get

WORLAND – A new federal law requiring hospitals to post their prices doesn’t mean that consumers will actually pay the listed price.

Section 2718(e) of the Public Health Service Act, which was enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act requires all hospitals in the United States to make public, as of January 1, the prices of services offered.

But the public price advertised to the public may or ma...