Opinion: HHS Secretary Azar's hospital price transparency plan is a terrible idea whose time has come

Last year, a man in Indianapolis went to the hospital with severe abdominal pain. After a series of uncomfortable tests, he was diagnosed with diverticulitis, treated, discharged, readmitted with complications and then discharged again. Still, his ordeal wasn’t over. Every day the mail brought new forms of pain: bills and more bills from the hospital and doctors, each one a surprise.