{"id":12575,"date":"2019-02-05T08:21:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T13:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12575"},"modified":"2019-02-05T08:21:41","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T13:21:41","slug":"ideas-to-curb-surprise-medical-bills-percolate-with-rare-bipartisan-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12575","title":{"rendered":"Ideas To Curb Surprise Medical Bills Percolate With Rare Bipartisan Push"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By Shefali Luthra and Emmarie Huetteman for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

Surrounded by patients who told horror stories of being stuck with hefty bills, President Donald Trump recently waded into a widespread health care problem for which almost everyone \u2014 even those with insurance \u2014 is at risk: surprise medical billing.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s declaration that taming unexpected bills would be a top priority for his administration echoed through the halls of Congress, where a handful of Republican and Democratic lawmakers have been studying the problem the past couple of years.\u00a0 Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n

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