1. The California legislature’s health committee advanced a measure to stop surprise medical bills. Read more about the legislation here.
2. Washington state lawmakers passed surprise-billing legislation April 18. Learn more here.
3. The Texas Senate passed surprise-billing legislation April 16 to keep patients out of the middle of cost disputes between healthcare providers and insurance companies. Read more about the legislation here.
4. Nevada Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson presented compromise legislation to protect patients from surprise emergency room bills. Learn more here.
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