The No Surprises Act at Four What Patients Actually Gained and What Still Lingers
The federal law took effect in January 2022 with broad ambitions, but understanding its real boundaries matters more than ever for anyone navigating American healthcare.
The Morning the Rules Changed On the morning of January 1, 2022, millions of Americans woke up to a healthcare system that had quietly rewritten one of its most infuriating rules. For years, patients who did everything right choosing an in-network hospital, trusting their insurance, showing up for scheduled care could still open an envelope to find a bill from a doctor they had never met, who did not accept their insurance, and whose name they had no reason to know until that piece of paper arrived. The amounts...
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