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Hastings Cent Rep. 2021 Nov;51(6):3. doi: 10.1002/hast.1301.

A "Surprise" Health Policy Legislative Victory.

The Hastings Center report

Mark A Hall

PMID: 34904734 DOI: 10.1002/hast.1301

Abstract

It was a happy surprise when, overcoming partisan divisions and interest-group lobbying, Congress enacted the No Surprises Act, which bans unfair out-of-network "balance billing." Although this is only a modest legislative victory, key efforts by the health policy community made a real difference in a time of legislative gridlock.

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Keywords: No Surprises Act; balance billing; bioethics; health insurance; health policy

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