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The very next release will be exporting a DB you can query directly. Open to more\u002Fother ideas.",null,{"value":63,"source":46,"evidence":64},"Make the published insurance rate files easy to search",[65],{"id":49},[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":70,"objections":79,"requests":90,"questions":106,"alternatives":117},[71],{"value":72,"source":73,"evidence":74},"Good to see innovation in pricing transparency","commenter",[75],{"id":76,"by":77,"text":78},"34623195","david_shi","It's great to see innovation in this space! Spent some time working on similar solutions both for patients and employers so I understand how big of an undertaking it is. Patients…",[80],{"value":81,"source":73,"evidence":82},"Pricing data gives consumers little practical value because of care complexity and networks",[83,87],{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"34620256","duffpkg","Wrote Hacking Healthcare for O'Reilly, long time health\u002Ftech exec, yada, yada... I'm really glad this pricing transparency information has become available but unfortunately so…",{"id":88,"by":85,"text":89},"34623416","There are a few relatively commodity items you have mentioned, flu shots for one, mammogram possibly another, but for > 65% of patients those are already covered at extremely…",[91,95,99],{"value":92,"source":73,"evidence":93},"Consumer-friendly view to pick a procedure and compare prices by location and plan",[94],{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},{"value":96,"source":73,"evidence":97},"Example files and clearer instructions for non-technical users",[98],{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},{"value":100,"source":73,"evidence":101},"Aggregate statistics and graphs rather than raw data",[102],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"34617426","periram","Raw data does not tell a story. I would present some of the insightful data using data science and graphs. Then you can offer to provide the raw underlying data. 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