GPOs enjoy unique exemption from Federal Anti-Kickback Law.
GPOs are not required to disclose pricing information, kickback specifics, or other information relevant to Americans whose taxes fund the lion's share of healthcare spending.
GPOs direct the flow of hospital commodity supplies.
Shortages of normal saline bags and other common hospital supplies frequently occur even in ordinary circumstances.
What happens in an epidemic such as coronavirus?
What will be the allocations priority for those who literally hold American lives in their hands?
Americans seem to be prohibited from knowing this information.
This shroud of secrecy indicates that allocations of crucial supplies in a national emergency will be anything but equitable.