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
ICYMI: Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing Highlights Importance of the No Surprises Act
The Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing is raising awareness about the importance of preserving the landmark patient protections included in the No Surprises Act, particularly as new profit-driven lawsuits threaten to weaken the law. Since the law took effect...
ICYMI: Air Ambulances Continue Targeting Patients to Boost Profits
For far too long, air ambulance companies were allowed to exploit the U.S. health care system to unfairly profit from patients who needed essential medical services. The No Surprises Act changed that, putting into place protections to ensure patients who need...
STAT: The doctor who is trying to bring back surprise billing
Despite the popularity of the No Surprises Act and bipartisan support in Congress, at least one provider wants to balance bill his patients. Today, STAT published a story detailing how Daniel Haller, a New York doctor, wants to throw out key protections in the No...
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