Superintendent Lawsky Sends Letter to Legislature Urging Passage of Legislation In State Budget to Protect Consumers from Surprise, Out-Of-Network…
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Superintendent Lawsky Sends Letter to Legislature Urging Passage of Legislation In State Budget to Protect Consumers from Surprise, Out-Of-Network Medical Bills
Superintendent Lawsky wrote in his letter to
Superintendent Lawsky's letter to
Superintendent Lawsky wrote: "It is important to remember that those are more than just numbers. Behind many of these complaints is a struggling family trying to take care of a loved one with health problems and make ends meet."
"Surprise medical bills are an expensive and unfair burden for patients and their families," said
"Patients with cancer are under financial stress in addition to the serious health problems they face. The interests of patients must come first and they should be held harmless if they didn't have a chance to know a procedure was not covered by their insurance," said
"New Yorkers deserve a system in which patients get accurate, up-to-date information about the network status of their doctors, and about what they will have to pay for medical care," says
"Too often,
"Each year that goes by without passage of this legislation, thousands more people are hit with devastating medical bills," said
The text of Superintendent Lawsky's letter to
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