"Transparency in health care prices is a national issue with states taking on the challenges to collect and share this information with the public."

taking on the challenges? that is why vhi.org exists in the first place.

Share? Share what? That they have the information? They certainly aren't sharing any of it, they are charging tax-paying citizens...and arm and a leg on top of that.

plus they're selling .xsl files loaded on a cd....1999 called, it wants its data format back.

"Virginia's efforts have not gone unnoticed. Earlier this year, Virginia was recognized as one of the top states for information on health care prices."

what does that even mean? top states because they have the information? they certainly aren't doing anything about it, besides ripping off its base.

vhi.org exists because of taxpayers;
vhi.org collects taxpayers data;
vhi.org sells taxpayers data back to taxpayers.

there is nothing transparent about that at all...actually, users should have control of their data, and vhi.org should have to request access to it.

and to sell it back to us? what a slap in the face. outdated formats and technology to top it off.

lastly, the feds kicked off their open data initiative this year, and while i do not trust them to see it through, it is clear that open data is going to be the standard, which only furthers my points about government agencies, dependent on our taxes, collecting our data (aka, doing their job we provide for them), and then selling it back to us.

the mitigation between channels leaves room for the man to manipulate the datasets.

your days are numbered.