After Trump’s blessing, House rolls out plan to end surprise medical bills

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Bipartisan legislation unveiled Tuesday would limit hospitals and doctors to charging health insurers local market prices for care that is outside a patient’s network, a measure intended to curb surprise medical bills.

The unveiling of the plan from the House Energy and Commerce Committee, called the “No Surprises Act,” gets Congress closer to notching a bipartisan victory on healthcare. The parties have advanced small measures on drug prices, but are deeply divided over the topic of health insurance coverage and what to do about the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.

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