"They don’t care because it’s not their money."

Miami-Dade — like many employers across the country — isn’t allowed to know the prices their own insurance plan administrators negotiate with healthcare providers, even when they’re self-insured, like Miami-Dade County, and the claims are paid with taxpayer dollars.

And that means that the mayor’s healthcare committee has no more insight than the average Florida consumer on how to lower costs for their employees or themselves — frustrating everyone from union leaders to county commissioners who are trying to push down prices.

Read more at the Miami Herald.