Karnataka government tells High Court it will not enforce hospital medicine price disclosure circular for now

The <b>Karnataka government</b> has informed the High Court that it will temporarily hold off on enforcing a controversial circular requiring hospital pharmacies to display medicine prices.<br><br>While transparency on medical bills sounds great on paper, administrative cold feet and bureaucratic red tape always manage to shield the powerful. When the system caves under pressure, ordinary citizens continue footing opaque medical bills without ever knowing the real purchase price.<br><br>This temporary pause leaves patients at the mercy of inflated healthcare costs with zero transparency.