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New employer scorecard aims to lower Americans’ healthcare costs

State Financial Officers Foundation and the Health Transformation Alliance unveiled a scorecard to audit employer healthcare spending, enabled by President Donald Trump’s February 2025 executive order on price transparency.

Published Oct 8, 2026, 1:29 PM EDT | WFMZZ

Enabled by President Donald Trump’s February 2025 executive order on healthcare price transparency, the State Financial Officers Foundation and the Health Transformation Alliance released a new scorecard to audit employer healthcare spending. The tool is intended to highlight spending patterns and support efforts to reduce healthcare costs for Americans.

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