"I do stand properly accused, however, of accusing employers being party -- passive or active, I care not which -- to a deal to keep prices for health care in the private sector opaque from the public. Well, haven't they? After all, they had half a century to flush these prices out into the open. Indeed, I recall that one of the major complaints among employees with high-deductible policies has been the lack of information on prices by provider and procedure."  MORE >>