Lawmakers hopeful billing legislation emerges from pandemic’s shadow

By Cassidy Morrison

Published August 7, 2020 3:00am ET

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Members of Congress are hopeful that stalled efforts to eliminate surprise medical billing practices will start back up with another round of coronavirus economic aid legislation.

“The logical next step is to include in the next round of COVID legislation the market-based solution agreed on by two House committees and our Senate health committee,” Sen. Lamar Alexander said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.

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