Health Leaders: U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, isn't entirely satisfied with the response he received late last month from Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar regarding Anthem's controversial policy denying payment for emergency department (ED) visits in situations later determined not to be emergencies.
Cardin, who helped enshrine the "prudent layperson" standard into federal law more than two decades ago, cowrote a letter last March with Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, alleging that Anthem's policy "likely" violated the statute.
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