You're making a good argument against something no one has proposed.
The point of this effort is to be able to know the cost of something before you buy it.
That's it!
How this can "seem like another way to put blame on the patient" is pretty incomprehensible.
Do you also consider stores having price information bad?
Would it be better if I went to Target, picked what I wanted, and then got a bill with the surprising cost 3 weeks later?
> It feels like a non-solution solution to access to healthcare.
That's correct. It addresses a different problem.
Pricing transparency is a band-aid on the gaping wound that is US healthcare. More numbers to consider that may or may not apply based on your insurance policy & other factors. Let's also add some middle-men to aggregate and "find the best price".