NCHC To Biden: Prioritize Surprise Billing, Provider Relief, Medicaid

The Biden administration should immediately work to lower health care costs by quickly implementing the surprise billing compromise in the year-end legislation, extending financial assistance to struggling providers and working with Congress to incentivize states to expand Medicaid, the National Coalition on Healthcare says in a letter to the Biden transition team outlining its priorities. Like other stakeholders, NCHC also expects the incoming Biden administration to use regulatory authority to shore up the Affordable Care Act and at the very...