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Consumer Directed Health Care, Inc. Announces Upcoming Release of White Paper on Health Care Price Transparency (Web Address: http://www.cdhcinc.com/).


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The federal government recently announced an aggressive campaign to help fund and develop health care transparency projects in as many as a dozen urban pilot studies across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. .

This report, "Health Care Cost and Quality Transparency: Improving Health Care Affordability," is intended to help system designers understand the current pricing environment and to guide them in the development of viable, consumer-friendly price and quality information solutions.

Electronic copies of this important document can be requested online at http://www.cdhcinc.com/PubRqstForm.htm. Pre-release copies made available on request to members of the press.
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