5 legislative updates on surprise medical bills

Here are five articles about legislation to address surprise medical bills.

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1. The Texas House passed surprise-billing legislation May 21. Read more about the legislation here.

2. Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed a law to protect patients from surprise medical bills after emergency care. Read more about the law here.

3. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators unveiled surprise-billing legislation on May 16. Click here for eight things to know.

4. The U.S. Senate’s draft of a bipartisan package of bills to lower healthcare costs is scheduled to be released May 23. Learn more here.

5. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a law May 21 to protect patients from surprise medical bills. Read more about the law here.

 

More articles on healthcare finance: 

Patient consumerism will refine nonprofit hospitals over the long term, Fitch analyst says
California congresswoman to share surprise-billing story at hearing

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