Surprise Billing Blame Game Complicates Legislative Push

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are interested in tackling legislation to curb surprise medical billing, but before any policy can see the light of day staffers say hospitals and insurers need to decide who is to blame for the problem that can leave patients with thousands of dollars in unexpected medical costs. Surprise out-of-network bills often occur during emergency care, when a patient may not have control over which hospital they are taken to, and that hospital may...