Senators Seek Surprise Billing Compromise Between Plans, Providers

A bipartisan group of senators working on legislation to curb surprise medical billing sent a letter to prominent stakeholders Tuesday (Feb. 5) in a bid to strike common ground between insurers and hospitals, coming hours before President Donald Trump, who supports cracking down on so-called balance billing, was poised to address health care costs in his State of the Union address. Surprise out-of-network bills often occur during emergency care, when a patient may not have control over which hospital they...