New Health Policy and Law Findings from Georgetown University Reported (The No Surprises Act: a Bipartisan Achievement To Protect Consumers From Unexpected Medical Bills): Legal Issues – Health Policy and Law

2022 FEB 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Current study results on Legal Issues - Health Policy and Law have been published. According to news originating from Washington, District of Columbia, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “The No Surprises Act, passed by Congress at the end of 2020, offers significant protections to most Americans with private health insurance. Insured Americans are vulnerable to receiving surprise medical bills when they receive services from out-of-network providers.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Georgetown University, “Protections for consumers against such bills initially emerged in several states that passed laws. The varying approaches taken in different state laws ultimately offered a foundation for federal legislation. Although there was always a broad consensus among stakeholders for protecting consumers during both state and federal deliberations, it was a challenge to identify a means of determining the amount that an insurer should pay to the out-of-network provider.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “But Congress eventually reached a compromise that became law, and that law goes into effect in January 2022.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: The No Surprises Act: a Bipartisan Achievement To Protect Consumers From Unexpected Medical Bills. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 2022;47(1):93-109. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law can be contacted at: Duke Univ Press, 905 W Main St, Ste 18-B, Durham, NC 27701, USA.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Jack Hoadley, Georgetown University, McCourt Sch Publ Policy, Health Policy Institute, Washington, DC 20057, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-9417470. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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