Apr 1, 2024

Has legislation to stop surprise medical bills worked?

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The “No Surprises Act” has yielded mixed results when it comes to overall health care spending.

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Has legislation to stop surprise medical bills worked?

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder

Apr 1, 2024

Yes and no. Patients have avoided millions of surprise bills, but a plan to cut wider health care spending has seen mixed results.

"Ultimately, this law is protecting more people from the kinds of medical debt that you're covering on the show, but that protection may come at a price: higher insurance premiums for millions," said Dan Gorenstein, executive editor at Tradeoffs.

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