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
When Patients Are Feeling Low, Envision Goes High on Surprise Medical Bills
Envision Healthcare Corp., the parent company of EmCare which is notorious for exorbitant surprise medical bills, is now facing a class-action lawsuit from several Texas patients who were on the receiving end of unfair and excessive out-of-network charges. The...
When Patients Are At Their Most Vulnerable, Private Equity Firms See “Opportunity to Reap Above-Market Returns”
In an op-ed for The Hill, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research Eileen Appelbaum highlights the explosion of private equity-backed provider firms that see profit opportunities when patients are at their most vulnerable. "Private equity has shaped...
Sen. Alexander: Senate Solution to Surprise Medical Bills ‘Best Way Forward’ to Protect Patients, Empower Local Markets
In an op-ed for the National Review, Senate HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander makes the case for why Congress needs to step in to correct the market failure that contributes to surprise medical billing – one of the “most visible health-care problems for the 200...