[showerst]

I don't think the article was exactly _lying_ as putting a spin on the truth to make a political point.

What they did is totally cool, and more providers should post their pricing transparently. There are complicated, sensible reasons not in the current world, which I hope will change.

The government does not obviously stop them from providing pricing information about how much they charge for medicare/medicaid, hell the gov't releases that info themselves for the really big providers. It is, however, their business and I'm _sure_ they could point to some of the thousands of regulations and laws they operate under and say that it realistically prevents them from releasing pricing. It's like when people who haven't done so say they won't start a business because taxes are too high. Not false, but politically laden.

Saying that they don't take medicare/medicaid so that they provide a higher standard of care or be more successful or whatever is kind of like saying "Our private school doesn't accept kids who get reduced price lunches, so that it can operate efficiently and provide the best education."

It's not _lying_ so much as blatantly spinning it. This just feels like when you see a tech site re-run a breathless press release verbatim. It's not _false_, but it's not exactly fair to readers, either.

[pekk]

When you knowingly, intentionally mislead people, that is usually known as lying.