In N.Y. Policy on Out-of-Network Medical Bills, a Model for Other States?

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): Medical bills for out-of-network providers can surprise consumers with thousands of dollars in costs they didn’t plan for and sometimes cannot afford. I’m among those who have experienced this surprise despite efforts to determine that all my health-care providers are in-network. As the chart above shows, a significant share of people who had problems paying medical bills say that the issue was charges for providers they did not know were out of network. New York state has a solution to this problem that bears watching.

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