The Solution
The No Surprises Act has already made a major difference—preventing more than one million surprise bills each month from health care facilities, providers, and air ambulances. But this progress is at risk. Ongoing lawsuits and loopholes have opened the door for some providers and middlemen to exploit the system, driving up costs and undermining the law’s intent. To preserve the full benefits of the No Surprises Act, policymakers must keep patients at the center—maintaining strong protections, ensuring a fair and transparent process, and closing gaps that allow bad actors to abuse the system. By doing so, we can lower health care costs and uphold the law’s promise of affordability and security for patients and families.
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Latest News
Coalition Statement on Surprise Medical Billing Interim Final Rule
Following the release of the Biden Administration's interim final rule to protect patients from surprise medical bills, the Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing issued the following statement: “While we are still reviewing the details on the new regulations, we...
KFF: More Than 1 Million Patients Still At Risk Of A Surprise Bill From Ground Ambulances
As many as 1.5 million privately insured patients who are brought to an emergency room by an ambulance may be at risk of getting a surprise medical bill each year, according to new research published by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The research highlights the acute...
Top Priority for Surprise Billing Implementation: Protecting Patients from Higher Health Care Costs
In a new letter to the Biden Administration, members of the Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing made it clear that achieving the intended goals of the No Surprises Act would require a firm commitment to “decrease health care costs, including premiums and...