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Surprise billing: Not all fixes are created equal

By Sally Pipes

Published March 2, 2020 9:02pm ET

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Surprise billing: Not all fixes are created equal — Congress is still fighting about surprise medical bills. The House Ways and Means Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee are both trying to line up bipartisan support for their competing approaches. Neither committee’s approach is right. Congress must go back to the drawing board and come up with a fix that relies on market principles, […]

Congress is still fighting about surprise medical bills. The House Ways and Means Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee are both trying to line up bipartisan support for their competing approaches.

Neither committee’s approach is right. Congress must go back to the drawing board and come up with a fix that relies on market principles, transparency, and common sense to stop surprise medical bills.

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