Ending Surprise Medical Bills
Millions of Americans had faced the financial burden of surprise medical bills. Today, consumers are protected from these unfair charges, and it’s now more important than ever to make sure these consumer protections remain in place.
Our Mission
Members of the Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing, which represent leading employer groups, unions, health insurance providers and the tens of millions of people they employ and serve each day, support comprehensive protections against surprise medical bills, including:
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- Banning out-of-network providers from sending surprise medical bills to patients.
- Maintaining fair and market-based payments for out-of-network care.
- Reducing consumers’ health insurance premiums and taxpayers’ costs by avoiding an arbitration process that adds unnecessary cost, delay and bureaucracy to the health system.
The Problem
Surprise medical billing represented one of the most pressing affordability challenges facing consumers and the country. Millions of patients faced surprise medical bills they did not expect at prices they could not afford.
Role of Private Equity
The Solution
Congress took an important first step to protect patients from surprise bills with the passage of the No Surprises Act. These bipartisan reforms will ban surprise medical bills, help lower premiums for consumers and employers and save taxpayers more than $17 billion over the next decade.

News
Consumers, Employer Groups, Policy Experts, and Health Insurance Providers Support No Surprises Act
For far too long, patients and their families suffered the financial consequences of surprise medical bills. Thankfully, bipartisan passage of the No Surprises Act (NSA), prevented more than 9 million surprise bills from reaching American families across the country...
ICYMI: Patient, Consumer, Union, and Employer Organizations Call on Tri-Agencies to Stand Firm in No Surprises Act Implementation
As litigation efforts continue to target the patient protections in the No Surprises Act (NSA), nearly 60 organizations representing patients, consumers, labor unions, and employers have come together in a letter to the tri-agencies emphasizing the need to stand...
CASMB Statement on New LifeNet Lawsuit
Washington, D.C. – The Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing issued the following statement in response to the latest December 1, 2022, lawsuit filed by LifeNet challenging portions of the final rule implementing the No Surprises Act: “We are extremely...
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