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Hospitals Hide Prices on Web, Undermining Disclosure Rule P2JW082000-5-A00100-17FFFF5178F ***** TUESDAY,MARCH 23,2021~VOL. CCLXXVII NO.67 WSJ.com HHHH $4.00 DJIA 32731.20 À 103.23 0.3% NASDAQ 13377.54 À 1.2% STOXX 600 424.17 À 0.2% 10-YR. TREAS. À 14/32 , yield 1.682% OIL $61.55 À $0.13 GOLD $1,737.80 g $3.60 EURO $1.1934 YEN 108.85 Gunman Kills 10, Including Police Officer, in Colorado Biden What’s News Advisers Draw Up Business&Finance Next Big eon Black is stepping Ldown as Apollo’s chair- man, the latest move in a Proposal governance overhaul prompted by revelations of his ties to disgraced fi- Up to $3 trillion plan nancier Jeffrey Epstein. B1 would focus on roads, Matt Zames is stepping down as president of Cer- climate and be pitched berus afteronly three years to president this week in the role,the private-equity firm plans to announce. B1 BY KEN THOMAS A fire at a factory of a AND ANDREW DUEHREN leading auto-chip maker dealt a further blow to car WASHINGTON—Administra- makers that have already tion officials arecrafting aplan slashed output because of a GES foramultipart infrastructure semiconductor shortage. B1 IMA and economic packagethat GETTY could cost as much as $3 tril- Thebond-market rout is lion and fulfill key elementsof hitting investor betsonthe NGE/ RA President Biden’scampaign safest U.S. firms, dragging ST agenda, according to people in- returns on investment-grade volved in thediscussions. corporatedebt to their sec- CHET RUSH TO SAFETY: People are evacuated from a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colo., after a gunman opened fire Thefirst proposal would ond-worst start on record. B1 Monday, killing 10 people, including a police officer. A suspect was in custody, police said, but no motive was known. A3 center on roads,bridges and TheNasdaq rose 1.2% to other infrastructureprojects close at 13377. 54, poweredby andinclude manyofthe cli- gains in tech stocks.The S&P mate-changeinitiatives Mr.Bi- 500 and Dowadvanced0.7% den outlined in the “Build Back and 0.3%, respectively. B11 Better” plan he released dur- Hospitals Hide Prices on Web, ingthe 2020 campaign. Powell said in testimony That packagewould be fol- prepared fordeliveryTuesday lowedbymeasures focusing on that theU.S.economy’srecov- education and other priorities, eryremains far from complete including extending the newly and the Fed plans to con- Undermining DisclosureRule expanded child taxcredit that tinue providing support. A2 is scheduled to expireatthe Amazon-backed food-de- endofthe year and providing liveryserviceDeliveroo set Hospitals that have pub- bedded code in their websites soratthe University of Wash- Health System and NYU Lan- foruniversal prekindergarten apricerangefor itsplanned lished their previously confi- that prevented Alphabet Inc.’s ingtonwho studies human gone Health. Some regional and tuition-free community London listing with an upward dential prices to comply with Google and other search en- interactions with computers. systems also had such code on college, the people said. valuation of $12 billion. B1 anew federal rule have also gines from displaying pages “It’sone thing not to optimize their websites,including Mich- Thepackages could facea blocked that information from with the pricelists, according your sitefor searchability,it’s igan’sBeaumont Health and difficult path through the nar- Turkey’s lira plunged 7. 5% websearches with special cod- to the Journal examination of another thing to tagitsoit Novant Health in Winston-Sa- rowly divided Congress, and in itsbiggest single-dayselloff morethan 3,100 sites. can’t be searched. It’s a clear lem, N.C. Democratsaren’t all in agree- since2018 afterthe abrupt Thecode keeps pages from indication of intentionality.” PeNN Medicine,NYU Lan- ment on howthey should ouster of the country’scen- By Tom McGinty, Anna Wilde Mathews appearing in searches,such as Among websites where the gone and Novant Health said move forwardwith their tral-bank chief last week. B1 and Melanie Evans those related to ahospital’s Journal found the blocking that they used blocking code spending and taxproposals. Japanese prosecutors name and prices,computer-sci- code were those forsome of to direct patientsfirst to in- Mr.Biden is expected to be charged an American fa- ing embedded on their web- enceexpertssaid. Theprices the biggest U.S. healthcare formation they considered briefed on details of the pro- ther-son team with assist- sites,according to aWall areoften accessible other ways, systems and some of the larg- more useful than raw pricing posals this week,and the peo- ing Carlos Ghosn in his es- Street Journal examination. such as through links that caN est hospitals in cities includ- datafor which they also in- PleaseturntopageA4 cape from Japan. B2 The information must be requireclicking through multi- ing NewYork and Philadel- cluded links.Universal Health disclosed under afederal rule ple layers of pages. phia. They includehospitals uses the blocking code to en- Fed chief pledges support for World-Wide aimed at making the $1 trillion “It’stechnically there, but owned by HCAHealthcareInc., sureconsumersacknowledgea recovery........................................ A2 sector moreconsumer friendly. good luck finding it,” said Chi- Universal Health Services Inc., disclosurestatement before Gerald F. Seib: Filibuster tests But hundreds of hospitals em- ragShah,anassociateprofes- the University of Pennsylvania PleaseturntopageA5 Biden and Senate.................... A4 Administration officials are assembling a plan for a multipart economic and jobs The Real Impact of EVs package that could cost as AstraZeneca Cruise LinesDread much as $3 trillion as away Electric cars produce fewer emissions overall than their to enact key elementsofBi- Va ccine Is gasoline-powered counterparts, but a close look at their den’s campaign agenda. A1 environmental footprint shows there are caveats. 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A3 Effective PORTCANAVERAL,Fla.— “I never thought Iwould be Hospitals that have pub- BY JENNY STRASBURG Terminal Three, acavernous standing in afood line for lished their previouslyconfi- Gasoline $155 millionstructurebuilt hours,” said James Cox, a 50- dential prices to comply with AstraZenecaPLC’sCovid-19 powered forCarnival Cruises,isdecked year-old porter,who used to anew federal rule have also vaccine wasshown to be safe 78 tons out with the company’ssigna- earn $27 an hour wrangling blocked that information and 79% effectiveinpreventing tureblue paint, hundreds of passengersand their luggage. from websearches,according symptomatic disease in widely Electric beechwood seatsand aposh “Just the degradation of it. to aJournal examination. 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