Congress has a rare opening to force real price transparency into healthcare, and the 2A community should pay close attention because the same logic that keeps medical costs hidden also keeps gun owners paying inflated prices for everything from ammunition to optics. When hospitals and insurers can obscure what a procedure actually costs, they remove the competitive pressure that normally drives prices down; the same dynamic appears whenever manufacturers or distributors quietly pad margins on components that law-abiding citizens need to exercise their rights. If lawmakers finally require upfront price tags, the resulting market discipline could ripple outward, making it harder for anti