Walden, Alexander Warn Of Surprise Bills From COVID-19 Care

Republican authors of bipartisan surprise billing legislation say passing their bill as a part of the next stimulus package should be a top priority. But House and Senate leadership refused to include surprise billing policy in the recently passed, $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill, and surprise billing’s opportunity may have already passed. Surprise billing legislation was supposed to ride with Medicare and Medicaid extenders, but those extenders were included in the $2 trillion stimulus law . Senate health committee Chair...