See, for me this line of thinking is troublesome. It implies we have to or should rely on the exploitation of desperate people willing to work for pennies on the dollar because they have no legal recourse.

Fuck ICE, this administration, and everything else that's going on but let's not normalize the exploitation of desperate people to keep the machine churning.

I'd prefer we get rid of the CEOs that are giving our jobs away.

Unironically yes, and it's sad that that's the case. However, he did issue a similar EO in 2019 which didn't do much; the administration claims that it lowered costs on the most expensive procedures by 6%, but whether that's true or not the cheapest procedures became about 3% more expensive. Something like 20% of hospitals and insurers were ever in compliance, which Trump of course blames the Biden administration for; and attempts to make the EO a law went nowhere on the Hill.

But yes, healthcare price transparency is a good thing. Still, I'm a bit suspicious; because the insurance companies actually welcomed the EO when it was first signed. I can't figure that one out.

"Harmful"

I prefer my substance control to be based on evidence, not vibes.

Has that actually happened though? I thought they were just talking about doing it.