Access to health care information has come under increased scrutiny in the US Congress, and momentum for better transparency is building. In February, a bipartisan group of senators requested information from health care stakeholders regarding cost of care and price transparency. Led by Senator Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA), the group issued a letter to the health care community as the first step in an “effort to increase health care price and information transparency to empower patients, improve the quality of health care and lower health care costs.”