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New York Times: A Hospital Forgot to Bill Her Coronavirus Test. It Cost Her $1,980.

Aug 4, 2020 | Blog Post, Market Approach

By Sarah Kliff As Congress moves to address one of the most devastating public health crises facing the country, patients, consumers and families continue to be slammed with surprise medical bills related to COVID-19 care and treatment. The latest New York Times piece...

New HHS Report Calls Out Private Equity As Leading Culprit Behind Patients’ Surprise Medical Bills, Calls on Congress to Act

Jul 29, 2020 | Blog Post, Private Equity

A new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides the strongest call yet for Congress to finally take action on surprise medical bills, calling the practice “a market failure that will not correct itself.” Today, millions of patients are...

ICYMI: Leading Employer Groups and Union Organizations Urge Congress to Ban Surprise Billing

Jul 16, 2020 | Blog Post, Market Approach

Earlier this month, employer groups and union leaders urged House and Senate leadership to prioritize comprehensive surprise medical billing reforms in the next COVID-19 package. Highlights from their letter are included below: “As Congress works on the next COVID-19...

Private Equity Firms Think They Have Won The Surprise Billing Battle – Why That Is A Bad Thing For Patients

Jul 15, 2020 | Blog Post, Private Equity

Private Equity Firms Think They Have Won The Surprise Billing Battle – Why That Is A Bad Thing For Patients At a time when millions of patients are still at risk of bankrupting surprise medical bills, those most responsible for these charges appear to be taking a...

There are many reasons why Congress should put an end to surprise medical billing. Here are the three most important.

Jul 2, 2020 | Blog Post, Market Approach

There are many reasons why Congress should put an end to surprise medical billing. Here are the three most important. Amidst a global public health crisis, Congress has yet to take comprehensive action to address one of the biggest health and affordability challenges...

Bloomberg: Private Equity Lands Billion-Dollar Backdoor Hospital Bailout

Jun 2, 2020 | Blog Post, Private Equity

Congress has yet to take action to protect patients from surprise medical bills – leaving millions of Americans at the whim of private equity firms and out-of-network providers. Instead, the federal government has approved massive taxpayer-funded bailouts for...
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