A new proposal to curb surprise billing by implementing “network-matching,” floated by Senate health committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and ranking Democrat Patty Murray (WA), could save the federal government $7 billion over 10 years, according to a new analysis by the Council for Affordable Health Coverage. The report also found that Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Maggie Hassan’s (D-NH) bill to curb surprise billing could lead to an increase in premiums due to the costs of their proposed dispute...