Bipartisan deal could help protect people from surprise medical bills
A Congressional agreement reached with bipartisan support would hold patients and individuals harmless from surprise medical bills, which can have a devastating financial impact on patients - and which go hand-in-hand with the health care industry’s lack of pricing transparency.
The agreement is also bicameral: approved by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. HELP Committee Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Pallone and Ranking Member Walden were singled out for praise in a statement issued by a coalition of 27 patient and consumer organizations in response to the agreement.