In December 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which funded the federal government for the 2021 fiscal year. Tucked into that bill was legislative language that Congress had been negotiating for two years to protect consumers from unexpected out-of-network (OON) medical bills called the No Surprises Act (NSA).
Medical Debt: The Next "Surprise Bill"?
The Current Status of Medical Debt on Providers and Patients
By Matt Reiter
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